APIA – SEIULI Dwayne Johnson might not be coming to Samoa but the Apollo Cinemas will still host a star-studded screening of Disney’s popular cartoon, Moana, tomorrow night.
The voice of Moana, Auli’i Cravalho, will lead a team from the movie arriving in Samoa tomorrow morning for the special screening to be attended by invitees only.
The blue carpet event comes a few weeks after the movie was released, filling up the local cinema during every screening. Also arriving for the event is producer Osnat Shurer, directors Ron Clements and John Musker.
Cravalho plays the ferociously unafraid title character in her first-ever film role, grounding a heroine who sails across the ocean alone, commands a demi-god to do her bidding and battles legendary beasts.
Asked how much of herself she sees in Moana, she said: “I’ve grown up on an island all my life — so has she — and we’re both deeply connected to our culture. I just gave it my best in the audition and it worked really well.”
