It’s being reported that Disney will be changing the name of their new film ‘Moana‘ due to the fact that the film and its lead character share a name with Italian‘s most prominent and adored porn actress, Moana Pozzi.
Yup! If that name rings a bell to you, it’s because Moana Pozzi is insanely famous. She starred in around 100 pornographic films, and then went on to become a politician. She founded the Love Party of Italy, in which she fought for the legalisation of brothels, better sex education and the creation of “love parks”. She also ran for Mayor of Rome.
UH HUH.
WHAT A BAD BITCH . An article published in the New York Times in 2004, ‘The Beatification Of A Porn Star‘, says that Pozzi was “as popular with hormonally charged young men as with devout grandmothers.”
Pozzi passed away in 1994, but still remains an adored household name in Italy.
According to website Cartoon Brew, the film’s directors were asked about it at the Annecy International Film Festival earlier in the year. They confirmed that Moana Pozzi had “played a big part in the decision” to change the film’s name.
@cartoonbrew A friend of mine actually asked the directors at Annecy Festival and they said Pozzi played a big part in the decision
— Iry. (@IryPixar) November 13, 2016
Disney’s new film ‘Moana‘ features the 12th Disney princess, Moana Waialiki, a 16-year-old Polynesian girl.
In Italy, the film will instead be named ‘Oceania‘, and the titular character will instead go by Vaiana – a Tahitian name meaning ‘water from the cave’.
Look, we get it that some might find it inappropriate for a Disney princess to be linked to a sex worker. But honestly, Pozzi‘s a pretty badass role model for young women: she was driven, talented, hardworking, independent, and she cared deeply about women’s rights, health and education.
She gave up a prolific and successful career to get into politics, purely to make progressive change. That’s fuckin’ awesome.
Couldn’t think of a better name than Moana, tbh.
Source: Cartoon Brew.
Photo: Super Calendari / Moana.
