Archie Kao, Diana Lin and Tzi Ma have joined the cast of the upcoming Hulu series Interior Chinatown, according to Deadline.
L-R: Archie Kao, Diana Lin, Tzi Ma
What’s Happening:
- Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), a background character trapped in a police procedural trying to find his way into the larger story – and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family’s buried history.
- Kao (Chicago P.D.) will portray Uncle Wong, Willis’ curmudgeonly boss at the Golden Palace.
- Lin (The Farewell) will play Lily Wu, Willis’s mother who is both his biggest fan and sharpest critic.
- Ma (Netflix’s Tigertail) plays Joe Wu, Willis’ father who, as a former wing chun master, once ran the most prestigious martial arts school in Chinatown.
- Along with Yang, they join previously announced cast Chloe Bennet and Ronny Chieng, as well as Sullivan Jones and Lisa Gilroy.
- The series comes from creator Charles Yu, who wrote the 2020 bestseller, Interior Chinatown.
- Yu will serve as showrunner for the series, as well as an executive producer.
- Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) will direct the pilot and executive produce.
- The 10 episode series is produced by 20th Television.
- This is just the latest of a number of book-to-television adaptations at Hulu, following others like Tiny Beautiful Things, The Other Black Girl, and Black Cake.
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