You will be able to stream American Born Chinese on Disney+ from May 24. If you were too busy to watch the trailer when it dropped during the Oscars telecast, you can watch it now. We also get the return of another Everything Everywhere All at Once alum, grandad James Hong who plays the Jade Emperor. This initial setting shows Jins family as they struggle to make a living, find a place where their. We also see Hacks star Poppy Liu playing Princess Iron Fan. American Born Chinese Setting 1980s Chinatown/California.

Who is cast in 'American Born Chinese'?īen Lang who plays Jin is the lead alongside Jim Liu who is his sidekick Wei-Chan. Michelle Yeoh plays Guanyin, whose secretly the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, while Ke Huy Quan plays a character called Freddy Wong. The tv show will draw from the characters of the original comic book of the same name. Who do Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan play in 'American Born Chinese'? Before he knows what's up or down, he's fighting gods and princesses as the show returns to a multiverse of time-hopping based on an undercurrent of Chinese mythology. Based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. After returning from summer vacation, he meets Wei Chen who takes him on a whirlwind journey, changing his life irrevocably. The show is a coming-of-age action drama following Jin Wang, an American high school student trying to navigate his Chinese-American identity.

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