Like, I can’t believe it’s 2021 and I’m saying that, but yeah,” she said. Like, it’s just giving a woman permission to feel what she’s feeling. So when I saw Raya get angry, it felt so…I felt so empowered by it. “I don’t want to generalize about what Disney princess movies are, but there is a very specific type of woman that has stereotypically been conveyed within that world. In an interview with Vanity Fair in March 2021, Tran, who plays Disney’s first Southeast Asian princess, explained why Raya and the Last Dragon was so personal to her.

Now, Raya and pet pill bug, tuk Tuk, must find the last dragon, Sisu, in order to save Kumandra from the Druun once again. Raya and the Last Dragon-which premiered on Friday, March 5, 2021-follows Raya (Kelly Marie Tran) a warrior princess from the fictional land of Kumandra who is tasked with saving the world from the Druun, a monster species that threatened Kumandra 500 years ago but were stopped by dragons, who sacrificed themselves to save humanity.

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