Lee touches on an additional scene with Xian Lang in which Mulan may have actually saved the witch somewhere in the film.
There may have been intentions to make Xian Lang a more lighthearted character and make Bori Khan the even bigger baddie?
Now, I’m curious as to where the script was going prior.
During Mulan, there’s an interesting dynamic between the two women because Xian Lang sees herself in Mulan and warns her against how unforgiving the world of men is to women with power.