Karin Anna Cheung interview at AsiansinAmerica.org

02.07 - Posted by Editor

Screenwriter Koji Steven Sakai has posted an interview with "Better Luck Tomorrow" actress Karin Anna Cheung, who's working with Sakai and filmmaker Quentin Lee on a new project called "The People I've Slept With." Here's an excerpt:

Tell us about the story and your character.

Karin: Angela is a character created kind of close to me even though she's obviously a fictional character. She is a strong-willed and modern woman… also very much a woman from the "Sex and the City" world. A part of her tells her that she has a schedule to follow-go to school, graduate, meet her husband, have kids by 25/26… But life tosses her a curveball when her long term boyfriend dumps her and she get pregnant during a binge of "Sex and the City" fun. "The People I Slept With" is probably the first Asian American female driven romantic comedy that is sexy and empowering to women.

What do you mean by sexy?

Karin: Guys are studs if they sleep around. Women are sluts if they do. Encouraged by her gay best friend, Angela takes on the role of the stud. She is a modern woman to the extreme. She is not afraid to flaunt the fact that she dates around and keeps a pack of cards with all her lovers' photos. Again, the script is unique because it empowers Asian American female sexuality. Women should be able do whatever they want in this postmodern society, and she does. She's a stud.

Click here for the full interview.