Eddie Huang on 'Boogie' and Coming to Terms With 'Fresh Off the Boat'

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'I just want to say to all my comments, it's not to, like, be difficult or hard on Asian America.”

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"The standard that society has and the things people ask about are below what I'm doing, to be honest," he tells ET by Zoom from his place in L.A."I kicked down the door for Asian America. I got us on television. The sandbox other people are mentally playing in, I've left." "I don't get excited, like, 'Oh! All Asian cast!' I'm like, 'Well, where the hell is the rest of America in your film?" Huang explains."I think it's more powerful when you can have Asian leads as full, complex human beings within the actual context of the America that we live in.

Eleanor responds,"Not the same, but [do] you know how f**king hard it was for me to find out where I come from? My history was f**king ripped from me. I was cut off from my ancestors. You're not the only one who deals with these problems." That was part of a bigger epiphany Huang had on the project. When he turned in his director's cut to Focus, chairman Peter Kujawski responded,"I see a?'" Huang laughs."I was like, 'The only car in this movie is a goddamn town car!'" Kujawski explained that he saw a more mainstream film within Huang's cut."Oh my gosh, we argued for months, but I will tip my hat, because I'm a guy that I like to admit when I'm wrong.

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