'I knew that I wanted to do a movie that celebrated travel,' Cook said. 'Coming out of COVID, we haven't had as much community and a sort of global perspective. So this really felt like a good fit.'
4:42Sasidis Sasisakulporn/NetflixIn "A Tourist's Guide to Love,"plays Amanda Riley, a travel executive who goes to Vietnam after an unexpected breakup to learn about the country's tourist industry. Along the way, she meets Sinh Thach , her Vietnamese expat tour guide, who helps her discover the magic of Vietnam and all of the beauty the country has to offer.
"The country speaks for itself. We're lucky enough to be able to give it a postcard version," Cook, who is also a producer on the film, shared during an interview with "Good Morning America.""I thought this was a wonderfully organically diverse story about people from all different cultures, all different walks of life coming together to have a really incredible adventure," she added.
The movie, which arrives to Netflix on Friday, was filmed in several places in Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hội An and Hà Giang. Rachael Leigh Cook in a still from a scene in"A Tourist's Guide to Love," which was filmed in Vietnam.The project was also the first international production to film in Vietnam since the global pandemic, according to"I knew that I wanted to do a movie that celebrated travel," Cook said. "Coming out of COVID, we haven't had as much community and a sort of global perspective. So this really felt like a good fit.
Le Thien, Rachael Leigh Cook and Scott Ly appear in this still from a scene in"A Tourist's Guide to Love."Many who worked on the film shared a personal connection to it, including Ly.
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