“If me and Ben have a scene and Jimmy’s around, we have to make Jimmy leave, because it’s too much chaos,” says Taylor. On set, Wang and Taylor formed a close-knit trio with Liu, who added to their aforementioned “chaotic energy.” “They don’t feel understood by their parents necessarily and they don’t feel understood by anyone at school…They find each other in this beautiful way and connect in a way that I don’t think they thought they were going to.” “They both have a need to feel understood by somebody, anybody,” Taylor says. Their real-life connection provides the foundation for their characters’ nascent romance. “I didn’t have a partner because I was shooting a movie, I was in a hotel by myself, so I recorded all the other lines on GarageBand.” He and Taylor - who plays Jin’s friend (and crush) Amelia - bonded over a mutual “chaotic energy” and a shared love of emo music, particularly My Chemical Romance, which they’d both listened to in middle school. Wang, whose previous credits include the Hulu film “Sex Appeal” and Disney+’s “Chang Can Dunk,” says that in his initial self-tape for the show, he recorded lines with himself. “She’s one of the most talented people that I’ve had the honor to work with, but also one of the most warm and kind and welcoming too.” “She’s very generous with her spirit in the actor capacity,” says Wang of working with Yeoh. We wanted to have that side so she was more playful when she was on Earth.” You look at her, you see another big sister or auntie who is kind of trendy and having fun. “I love the fact that we agreed that she should be in hoodies and sweatpants. At the same time, Guanyin’s main role is to keep watch over Jin and Wei-Chen, meaning she’d have to blend in on Earth. “We agreed that we have to treat this character with great respect, how it was portrayed, and we can’t begin to take too many liberties with it, because she is very, very revered in that way,” Yeoh says. My grandmother and my mom, we have the goddess of mercy in our home,” she says.Īdapting the character of Guanyin for the 21st century - in a Disney TV show, no less - took much careful consideration. “It’s such a privilege and an honor to be asked to play, because she has always been important in my life. She looked through the graphic novel and was impressed by its ability to bridge cultures its references to mythology hit home for her. “One day I get a call from him to say, ‘I’m doing this, will you come on board? I want you to play the goddess of mercy,’” Yeoh says. Yeoh and Cretton had previously worked together on Marvel’s “Shang-Chi.” Yeoh, the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star who recently made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for best lead actress, says she was recruited for the role of Guanyin - the goddess of mercy - by Destin Daniel Cretton, who had already signed on to direct episodes of the television show.
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