Final Fantasy Character No One Remembers Is Played by Agents of SHIELD’s Ming-Na Wen

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Final Fantasy Character No One Remembers Is Played by Agents of SHIELD’s Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen is known for many visual media representations, especially with Mulan, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and The Mandalorian. However, there is one more role that might interest the gamer folks. It turns out she did play a role in Final Fantasy. But how did that go unnoticed for so long? Well, it wasn’t for a game.

Still guessing? It’s Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a movie that was released back in 2001. Pretty darn old, huh? It’s not because people don’t know about it, because it’s old. It just hasn’t seen the surface due to bad ratings. As a matter of fact, old classics seem to do well even if they age, like Back to the Future, The Wizard of Oz, and more. This one didn’t hit the mark.

Ming-Na Wen played a character in the Final Fantasy franchise

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back in August 2018, Ming-Na Wen sheds light on her role as Aki for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The movie didn’t quite work out, with a mixed response from viewers and a bad box office performance. Thus, the movie lies in the dust, despite having a surge of game adaptations now.

Back in July 2001, having Ming-Na Wen playing Aki in the Final Fantasy animated film was a huge thing after her debut as Mulan. Wen shares her passion for animated characters as she played Mulan in the original animation. For her, getting to play another animated character was interesting. This is what she had to say about Aki:

Very complex woman with so many mysterious qualities about her. She’s also really strong. She wants to save the world, which is a little bit of an A-personality for me.

Getting to play strong women characters has been pivotal for Ming-Na Wen. Her roles as Fennec Shand for the Star Wars universe, Melinda May in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and more inform her picks when playing characters.

Ming-Na Wen’s challenges with action-packed roles

Ming-Na Wen has been vocal about her challenges before doing action roles. Her being Asian has put a lot of doubt in her mind in her early days. It was mostly because of facing stereotypes, as many would think Asians are “supposed to know” martial arts.

However, she got over it when she became a mother and embraced the fact that it is nothing to be ashamed of. Thanks to that change of mind and her embracing the genre, we got to see her in iconic action roles. But this acceptance did pose some problems, as her cameo in the Mulan live-action film.

It is cool to see the original voice actor play a part in adaptation movies as a cameo. Just like the original voice actor of Nathan Drake, Nolan North, did a cameo in the live-action Uncharted film. Ming-Na Wen’s cameo was almost cancelled as she was busy with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Ming-Na Wen was originally asked to spend a month in New Zealand for her part in Mulan live-action. As that wasn’t possible, an alternative was given which took much less time. This approach was liked by Wen, and she shared her thoughts about her cameo:

I thought that was very appropriate and just wonderful. A little Easter egg where I could pass the baton.

Though many know Ming-Na Wen as Mulan, she does feel that it shouldn’t be exclusive to her. Guess many actors should do something that in their lifetime. It’s both interesting for fans and a way to bid goodbye to their roles.

Did you know you Ming-Na Wen played a role in the Final Fantasy franchise? What was your favorite role of Ming-Na Wen? Let us know in the comments below.

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