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Crazy Rich Asians, a popular new American romantic comedy-drama movie featuring an all-Asian cast, that was actually filmed in Asia. The story, originally a book by Kevin Kwan, follows a women as she heads to her boyfriend’s hometown of Singapore for a friend’s wedding, but what she doesn't know is that her boyfriend's family are some of the wealthiest families on the entire continent - and her boyfriend’s mom is super hard to impress! Drama follows of course.
Singapore plays its own part in this movie, and as the director, Jon M Chu says: "I was fascinated by this idea of the city of the future, with its mix of nature and modern buildings, that at the same time has this tropical colonial style about it," "The island is just such a mishmash of commerce, of cultures, of food, of fashion. I wanted to show that both visually and through the characters."
With major scenes set at recognizable Singapore spots like the infinity pool of Marina Bay Sands towers; Gardens by the Bay, a futuristic urban park with 16-story-high "supertrees," and Raffles, the city's most historic hotel, the tour of the island is thorough, to say the least. However, the cast and crew did not just stay in Singapore. One of the movie's most breathtaking set pieces, the Young family home, is one country over. "There were certain aspects to Tyersall Park, where Nick's grandmother lives, that you couldn't find in Singapore. That is what makes the fictional Tyersall Park, this sort of Central Park within the tight squeeze of Singapore, such an amazing location in the book, because those properties just do not exist anymore. So we had to go to Malaysia to film that part, and since we were there, there was a lot we could find," Chu said.
From Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and far-off Malaysian archipelagos, the Crazy Rich Asians cast and crew zipped across Southeast Asia to make their $30 million film a reality.
Header image, poster of "Crazy Rich Asians (film)" copyright owner: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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