Collider: When this came your way, how was it presented to you?
How much did you know about what it would be and how it would work?
If you dont know the book, this must have seemed wild on paper.
I understand theres a bigger mystery.
Theres some stuff thats very meta and very hard to grasp in the first episode, but its entertaining.
Theres a fight, theres comedy, theres family drama, and the character relationships are so nuanced.
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I absolutely fell in love with it.
I read the book in one sitting and was absolutely enthralled by it.
I completely related to it, so it really helped me dive into that character.
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‘Interior Chinatown’ premieres November 19 on Hulu.
YANG: Oh, for sure.
Thats like if George R.R.
Martin also ranGame of Thrones, which he didnt.
At the same time, its a very human story.
He lives a very real life within a very unreal world.
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What was it like to work with him?
Was he very open to collaboration?
But at the same time, for us actors, its important to trust the process.
Interior Chinatown, adapted from Charles Yu’s novel, follows Willis Wu, a background character in a TV police procedural. After witnessing a crime, he uncovers a criminal conspiracy in Chinatown and his family’s hidden past while exploring what it means to take the lead in his own story.
He did a great job of that.
But he was open to ideas and even improvisations.
It took a village.
There are a lot of nuances from every department to help tell the story.
The Taika Waititi-directed premiere debuts on Hulu on November 19.
This is a series with a lot of detail in its production design and sets too.
What cant we see, just from watching this?
What would surprise viewers about the level of detail that you experienced on these sets?
Its an entertaining watch.
Its an emotional roller coaster.
Its really just an underdog story at the heart of it.
And then, if youre really a cinephile, theres the layer of lighting changes and camera movement changes.
What was that dynamic like to figure out?
What was it like to experience being a little bit of an action star for this?
YANG: I love doing stuff thats unexpected.
I dont think people expect me to do martial arts, but I made sure I trained for it.
The funniest thing is that Willis is not supposed to be that good at Kung Fu.
EveryPower Rangersepisode, they always defeat the bad guy.
But with this, you dont know what to expect.
Sometimes he wins, sometimes he doesnt.
It really helps tell an interesting story.
A severely underrated MCU project that deserves to emerge from the shadows.
Did you work with her at all in that episode?
Did she know that you had been on that show when she signed on for this?
No, I didnt get to meet her.
I would have been nervous trying to meet her.
It was cool and serendipitous.
I was a background guy.
I was “Chinese Teenager #1.”
I was a tech guy.
Will There Be Another Season of Interior Chinatown?
Have there been conversations about continuing to tell this story?
YANG: I would love to.
But I dont know.
That would be a Charlie question.
It already almost expands beyond the book.
Im sure he has some big ideas, but I couldnt start to imagine what they would be.
Inside Chinatownis available to stream on Hulu.
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