One of the similarities that does exist between Auli'i and AJ is that both young women are bisexual. That's maybe the straightest thing about her, that she just plays it face on and very dry.” “I always want to play characters that challenge me and that either touch a part of myself that I haven't touched in a while, or that is just new for me,” Auli’i says, praising the differences between her and her character.