, which follows the life of Ming Wang as he becomes a world-renowned eye surgeon and attempts to aid a blind orphan. Directed by Andrew Hyatt from a script he co-wrote with John Duigan and Buzz McLaughlin, the film stars the Little Miss Sunshine actor and Terry Chen. It is now playing in theaters.
All of my complaining about, you know, various moans and groans about COVID were suddenly out the window, and I was reading this incredibly powerful story about true adversity. I don’t think many people in this country can imagine the kind of poverty that he went through as a young man and the difficulties that he was up against.
Our director, Andrew Hyatt, was incredibly kind, and Dr. Wang was there, actually, which was really helpful. Truthfully. Because I was able to say, “I don’t know what I’m doing here or have any idea how to make this feel plausible or real or kind of sell it to the audience.” He’s a very soft-spoken and patient man, very gentle, and just kind of would walk you through. He’s a great teacher. Actually would kind of walk you through what would be happening in that moment, and it was really useful.
Part of it, obviously is taking place in contemporary times in America. Then part of this story is also taking place during the Cultural Revolution when he was a young boy, which was so exciting. It’s a true Chinese-American immigrant story from that standpoint, which I don’t think those stories are told very often.
He was very thoughtful about trying to be respectful to the story and as honest as we could. Listen, you try to create a rapport with somebody that you’ve just met. It’s part of the job, and sometimes it works better than others. But yeah, I had a great connection with Terry and just think the world of him., where people are buying tickets so people who are less fortunate and can’t afford to go see the movie, can now see it and get free tickets.
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