‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Writer Adele Lim Talks Asia’s New Opportunities in Hollywood: ‘Our Stories Have Cross-Cultural Appeal’
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Adele Lim, the screenwriter behind “Crazy Rich Asians” and Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” animation, says that the opportunities for Asian filmmakers are growing as Hollywood is becoming more receptive to international talent. “[In Hollywood] I felt that I was disadvantaged, coming from Malaysia.
It is not the cultural nexus,” said Lim, whose infancy was in Malaysia, before her family moved to the U.S. “Later I realized the multicultural advantages of Asia.” Lim, who also recently directed her first movie “Joy Ride,” was speaking at an on-stage event Wednesday in Taipei as part of the Taiwan Creative Culture Fest (TCCF), an annual convention and market for film and TV content and for story tech products. “[When I arrived in Hollywood] “Flower Drum Song” and “Joy Luck Club” had preceded me.
But there were few Asian writers. Hollywood was very masculine. Very white [..] There was this idea in America that Asians cannot be the hero of the story.
She explained to the largely Asian, indie crowd about the structural differences between film, TV and indie sectors and how, unlike in Asia, screenwriting can be a lucrative profession within the Hollywood studio system. “TV is a writer’s medium.
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