No one could understand that I was not a lawyer or a doctor or a dentist - all very honorable professions. My dad told people I worked in radio because he couldn’t wrap his mind around what a creative consultant was. For 20 years, no one knew what the hell I did. He’s a filmmaker in Hong Kong, but no one really knows or cares or respects that, and I really relate. “To me, he really sums up my experiences, trying to be creative in a family that never really allowed creativity. He relates most to Alistair - the “lesser cousin” who can’t get his family to understand his work. “Awkwafina is even cooler than Peik Lin, by a million times.” 7. Given the choice, he’d rather hang out with Awkwafina over her character, Peik Lin. We have this dream team of the best comedians.”Ħ. He was like, ‘There’s raw talent out there that we need to showcase.’ And I’m so glad we did. “I would have cast super authentic actors from each country the characters are supposed to be from, but Jon was meeting and seeing the work of all these comedians and comics.
And we have Jon Chu to thank for bringing in Awkwafina, Jimmy O. And of course the perfect person to play Eleanor was Michelle Yeoh - I mean, she’s just a legend.”ĥ. We knew the strongest character would be Rachel Chu, and Constance was the perfect person to play it.
“Once we had those two women, we knew we had a movie. “People will come up to me and say, ‘Oh I know you wrote about me,’ or ‘You wrote about my best friend,’ and I’m like, ‘.Who are you?’ So it’s interesting that it’s so universal that people can connect to it on such a personal level that they think that I’m writing about them.” 4. And some people are certain they’re in the book, despite his having never met them. I never responded to her but she was way more accurate than I was.” 3.
One of my cousins sent me a complete flowchart of who she thought everyone in the book was. “I knew they’d get a good laugh about it, and they did. The book isn’t about his family (really!) but it is about people he knew his family would recognize. The agent loved it and said, ‘I’m going to give you a month to finish the book.’ So I basically dropped everything and wrote nonstop for a month.” 2. I showed it to one friend and she freaked out over it and basically demanded that I show it to an agent. Maybe I’d share it with a few friends, but that was the full extent of it. So I thought I’d start a project, strictly for me. I was doing creative consulting, but I was giving so much of myself to other brands, other people, and I wasn’t really fulfilling myself creatively. He never intended Crazy Rich Asians to have an audience beyond a few friends and family members.
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