CraveOnline Interview: Justin Chon on “˜Seoul Searching’1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeoul Searching was my top pick at Sundance so I’m glad it’s playing locally at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In anticipation of the gala screening, I spoke with the film’s star, Justin Chon. He plays Sid Park, one of many children of Korean expats who were sent to a summer camp in Seoul in the “˜80s. These camps really existed for a few years in the “˜80s, but writer/director Benson Lee says they had to shut down because the teenagers were so out of control.
They do get pretty rowdy in the film, inspired by the “˜80s comedies of John Hughes according to Lee. Chon plays Sid Park, a rebellious punk who squares off against the strict counselor Mr. Kim (In-Pyo Cha), as well as romancing a goth preacher’s daughter who’s also rebelling against her father.
CraveOnline: At Sundance, Benson was talking about how casting an all Asian movie, the casting pool was very limited. You work a lot, but was it still special to be in a movie with all Asian cast?
Justin Chon: Yeah, it’s very rare that that happens. It’s crazy because I feel like I haven’t gotten to work with that many full Asian casts, but then in the last two years, there have been a few projects that have come up that I’ve had the opportunity to do that. Revenge of the Green Dragons that I did with Andrew Lau that Scorsese produced. Then this, Seoul Searching, so it’s pretty shocking that these things are coming up because it’s just a rarity. But I guess it just shows how much the world is changing, right?
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