SINGAPORE — The We Bare Bears series ended last year, but there’s a new movie centred around the three beloved bears that will really bring the show to a close
One of the major themes of We Bare Bears was the idea of making a home around people who are not like you, a situation which the Bears often find themselves in. This theme came from Daniel’s experience as an Asian-American – his parents are from Singapore. We asked him how he felt as an American born to Singaporean parents who has “lots of family” in Singapore.
The honest answer to that was when we were making the movie; we did not know that was gonna be the end of the show. I didn't know what kind of episodes we would make after the movie because so much of the movie changes the world of the show, but I guess we've been doing it for so long, we just assumed we'd just keep going.
Story continuesYou know, it's interesting; Bears is the first thing I ever made . And I think, in some ways, I couldn't have planned all the things that were in that show. A lot of it comes out as you're writing it and I couldn't have planned from the beginning that this is what I wanted to say, and these are the themes that I care about—you kind of figure that out as you go.
I understand that your parents are Singaporean, although you were born in the US and you’re a US citizen. Have you ever felt that Singapore was a second home?