“Disrespected Nani with that casting.”
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Additionally, many folks pointed out that Nani had a thicker body shape in the original movie. Social media users were disappointed that Disney chose to ignore this, too.
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Disney has failed Native Hawaiians multiple times, especially my cousins who have dark brown skin. A dark skin Native Hawaiian should have played Nani and Disney is always colorist.
I know work is hard for some fellow Native Hawaiian actors/crew members and I hope we get better. https://t.co/6fVo5Hz0nH
— Brayden Sylva (@BraydenSylva) March 12, 2025
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Nani’s Not Native Hawaiian actress calling the tourist trap she works at a fake luau and then singing Aloha Oe to Lilo before an actual Native Hawaiian agent takes her away is gonna be peak comedy https://t.co/wefob6ZHmN
— Too Many Crowns just needs some space 🍎 (@TooManyCrowns) March 13, 2025
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Alongside with the skin, something that also bothers me is that Nani has meat on her, like she has big tighs and a muffin top. Rather than being big or model skinny, she just has an average body and we rarely we see this type of body proportion shown!
— 🌙 HLIL (Rhy) 🌟 (@Flower_On_Table) March 13, 2025
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