Actress Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) has joined the forged of the Disney+ collection American Born Chinese language, the place she is going to be part of beforehand forged actors Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, with whom Hsu starred within the hit movie The whole lot All over the place All at As soon as. The collection is written and govt produced by Kelvin Yu, who additionally serves as showrunner. Destin Daniel Cretton serves as director and govt producer. The mission additionally reunites Cretton and Yeoh, who beforehand labored collectively on the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The collection is predicated on the graphic novel of the identical identify by Gene Luen Yang. The story “follows Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a teen juggling his highschool social life along with his immigrant dwelling life. When Jin meets international trade pupil Wei-Chen (Jim Liu) on the primary day of faculty, their worlds collide as Jin turns into entangled in a battle of Chinese language mythological gods. Identification, tradition and household are themes all through.
“Hsu will seem as Shiji Niangniang, the Goddess of Stones, who works in a modern-day jewellery store alongside along with her magical canine. Yeoh is about to play Guanyin, an unassuming auntie who helps her nephew Wei-Chen navigate the challenges of American highschool whereas sustaining her secret id because the omnipotent Buddhist bodhisattva of Compassion. Quan will play Freddy Wong, a fictional character from a well-liked mid-Nineteen Nineties sitcom.”
These are three extremely gifted actors, and I sit up for seeing what they do with the story in American Born Chinese language.
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