Lea Salonga on Disney roles, crying at KPop Demon Hunters and discrimination she’s faced

Lea Salonga on Disney roles, crying at KPop Demon Hunters and discrimination she’s faced



“Crying like a baby” is not the kind of reaction in-flight entertainment usually evokes, but when Lea Salonga was watching KPop Demon Hunters – in which she has a minor singing role – on a recent trip, that was what happened.

“I wept,” recalls the 54-year-old Filipino singer and actress, famed for being the singing voice behind two beloved Disney characters: Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and the eponymous heroine in the 1998 movie Mulan.

“I watched it on a flight, and I was like, ‘Why is this movie making me cry so much?’”



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