When You’re 23 and Spielberg Calls: The Wild Origin Story of Jon M. Chu

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When You’re 23 and Spielberg Calls: The Wild Origin Story of Jon M. Chu
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In an excerpt from his new memoir, the director of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and ‘Wicked’ remembers the shock and awe.

“Oh,” I said. “Steven Spielberg?” “Yeah.” I had stepped out of my friend Jerome’s house to take the call, my Sony Ericsson T68i pressed to my ear. Above me, the streetlights started going all swirly. It’s fair to say this is not how I expected my Friday night to unfold. “There probably isn’t anything to do till Monday, but just in case, keep your phone on this weekend. And don’t think about it.” “Okay, sure. I definitely won’t think about that at all.” I hung up. Then I freaked out.

And here’s the best part: The fact that I’d made a musical made them more eager to meet me, not less. About twenty minutes after my screenwriting professor had told me that musicals were a dead art form, Moulin Rouge had reminded everybody of their enormous creative possibilities. Then, three weeks after the premiere of When the Kids Are Away, Rob Marshall’s movie version of Chicago had opened huge. It racked up thirteen Oscar nominations, more than any other film that year.

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