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When the rumblings for the project that would become Raya and the Last Dragonfirst began at Disney roughly five years ago, producer Osnat Shurer ( Moana) was brought on board to spearhead the House of Mouse’s next animated epic. The general ideas were there: a fantasy world based around the Asian dragon, usually a symbol of water and harmony, and a “kick-ass warrior” to lead the adventure. And Shurer knew just who to call about these ideas: Crazy Rich Asians writer Adele Lim. “When she called me, she was just like, ‘Asian, kick-ass warrior, dragon, ” Lim recalled to /Film in an interview during a ....