Disney's new Big Hero 6 Movie has been topping the box office upon its release, aiming to reach more than $50 Million dollars after it shows on the big screen.
The movie also claims to be the most diverse disney movie yet, choosing a setting that is called "San Fransokyo", a marriage between San Francisco and Tokyo. The smartest school kids are from different races as well, and the lead character, "Hiro Hamada", is a bi-racial (Japanese and American).
According to Co-director Don hall during an interview with Buzzfeed, "This [film] gave us a perfect opportunity to create a diverse cast, when you look outside your window, you go to any city anywhere in America - the world for that matter - and it's a diverse world. Our films should reflect that. So very early on, we decided that we were going to have a lot of diversity in this film, and the main characters were going to be a mash-up as well, because this is a mash-up of Disney and Marvel. It's a mash-up of Eastern and Western culture." Co-director Chris Williams also added: "One of the things that I am proud of is the fact that we do have this very diverse cast. In one sense, we don't make a big deal out of it. The characters are certainly not defined in any way by their race and I'm very proud of that. Ryan Potter, who voices Hiro, at one point, he said to us that what he loves about the film is that everybody's gonna see themselves up there. I'm really proud of that."
Big Hero 6 Movie also aims to address gender equality, as smart and strong girls are set to take center stage along with the other main characters. The female characters will be in the froms of Gogo Tomago, voiced by Jamie Chung, and Honey Lemon, voiced by Genesis Rodriguez. Both actresses also happen to be of different races. Also from the same interview with Buzzfeed, Jamie Chung said: "I love that they represented Go Go as one of the stronger characters, and I love that the cast is multicultural. Growing up in San Francisco, I'm quite used to the diversity and very grateful for it, and glad that [the filmmakers] represented this city in its entirety."
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