Tzi Ma has starred in a multitude of TV series and movies including huge franchises like Rush Hour, and more recently, Lulu Wang’s critically acclaimed The Farewell. He will also be featured …
, he plays a father who is struggling to connect with his daughter. Yes, he is playing a father, but this role — along with many of his other roles from the past — transcends the paternal label for which he is known.'Tiger King' Draws 34 Million Viewers In First 10 Days On Netflix, Eclipsing 'Stranger Things 2'“I never think about it that way,” Ma tells Deadline about being known as Hollywood’s go-to Asian dad. “I mean, I always thought about it as a character.
“After I met [Yang], I said, ‘holy shit, this kid is nothing like what he’s written!'” admitted Ma. “The fact that he is such a film historian was a surprise to me — he can do chapter and verse. He reminds me of Martin Scorsese.”Ma said that Yang could have easily wrote a script from the American-born daughter’s point of view, her accomplished friends and her “first world situation as a lawyer”.
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