'I'm proud that she was able to stand up for her own measure of worth and walk away when she felt like she was being undervalued,' wrote CrazyRichAsians director Jon M. Chu about co-writer Adele Lim's exit over pay disparity
director Jon M. Chu has weighed in on screenwriter Adele Lim's exit from the franchise overIn a tweeted paragraph on Monday, Chu wrote that he "stand[s] with Adele" but that "negotiations are tough." When he learned that Lim wasn't pleased with her initial offer to co-pen the sequel, Chu wrote that he, Color Force producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson and Warner Bros.
In his tweet, Chu enjoined readers not to criticize Chiarelli. "He wrote two drafts of the script months before I ever joined the project with Adele, and came back to work on the movie right before we started shooting," the helmer wrote. "He is a good man, a creative force and has been a pro in the business for many many years, doing many un-credited rewrites.
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