Stephanie Hsu Reuniting With Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in Disney+ Series AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
Actress Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) has joined the cast of the Disney+ series American Born Chinese, where she will join previously cast actors Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, with whom Hsu starred in the hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once. The series is written and executive produced by Kelvin Yu, who also serves as showrunner. Destin Daniel Cretton serves as director and executive producer. The project also reunites Cretton and Yeoh, who previously worked together on the Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The series is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang. The story “follows Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a teenager juggling his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When Jin meets foreign exchange student Wei-Chen (Jim Liu) on the first day of school, their worlds collide as Jin becomes entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods. Identity, culture and family are themes throughout.
“Hsu will appear as Shiji Niangniang, the Goddess of Stones, who works in a modern day jewelry shop along with her magical dog. Yeoh is set to play Guanyin, an unassuming auntie who helps her nephew Wei-Chen navigate the challenges of American high school while maintaining her secret identity as the all-powerful Buddhist bodhisattva of Compassion. Quan will play Freddy Wong, a fictional character from a popular mid-1990s sitcom.”
These are three incredibly talented actors, and I look forward to seeing what they do with the story in American Born Chinese.
via: Variety