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 The romantic comedy about an Asian-American New Yorker who goes
to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's wealthy and tradition-bound
family of Chinese descent is based on the 2013 best-selling book
of the same name by Kevin Kwan.
"It's been way too long since we had an all-star Asian cast in a
Hollywood studio movie, but at the same time, this movie is for
everyone," Kwan told Reuters at the red carpet premiere in Los
Angeles on Tuesday.
"My books are read around the world in 20 languages, and in the
U.S. 80 percent of my readers are Texan, Oklahoman, Kansas -
like, white people - and they love my books. So it's a movie
that everyone can enjoy and appreciate," he said.
The movie stars established actresses like Michelle Yeoh, from
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and Constance Wu from U.S.
television comedy "Fresh Off the Boat" along with newer faces
like New York rapper and actress Awkwafina and Henry Golding,
who was raised in Britain.
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Director Jon M. Chu said no single movie could represent all the
Asian people in the world but he hoped the plot and the array of
actors in "Crazy Rich Asians" would show that "we're layered and
complicated and not just the token computer guy or the sex kitten."
"All these things just help get people more information about who we
are as a people and help differentiate that we're not just one blob
being Asian," Chu said.
The last Hollywood studio film featuring a large Asian cast was "The
Joy Luck Club" in 1993. "Crazy Rich Asians" starts its worldwide
roll out on Aug. 15.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Frances
Kerry)
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