‘Lilo & Sew’ live-action remake stars stroll the blue carpet for Hollywood premiere at El Capitan Theatre

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES — We first met “Lilo & Sew” within the 2002 animated film. Now, 23 years later, Disney is mixing live-action and animation for a remake.

The brand new live-action movie premiered on the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday — the identical place the place the animated film premiered in 2002.

On The Purple Carpet caught up with the celebrities on the blue carpet.

The beloved Disney characters Lilo and Sew are again for a brand new era with the live-action remake.

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This time, Maia Kealoha takes on the function of Lilo — a little bit Hawaiian woman who actually wants a good friend. She finds that good friend in an alien on the run, posing as a canine that Lilo names Sew.

“I am so comfortable to be right here. It is my first premiere, so I’m so excited,” Maia mentioned.

Chris Sanders, who voiced the function of Sew within the authentic model, is again to do it once more.

“Sew merely is an extension of me. He is chaotic impartial. He causes as a lot bother as he fixes, so yeah, he acts like I do,” Sanders mentioned.

There was loads of anticipation from followers to see the brand new “Lilo & Sew,” and that brings smiles to plenty of the faces concerned with the movie.

“It is the rationale all of us do it. It is the enjoyment and magic within the room, seeing your whole arduous work on a display with an viewers laughing and crying is the perfect feeling on this planet,” mentioned director Dean Fleischer Camp.

The brand new “Lilo & Sew” opens in theaters Friday for the lengthy Memorial Day weekend.

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