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Aug 1, 2018 · But in Crazy Rich Asians, she ditches the fake accent and the mom jeans to play the film’s young protagonist, ABC (American-Born Chinese) NYU Economics professor, Rachel Chu.
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Rachel Chu is described as having a nut-brown tan, medium length, jet-black hair, and a flat chest, and a nose a little round. She is also described as being naturally pretty, but in a very simple way.
Rachel was born with the name Zhou An-Mei in Xiamen, China, as the lovechild of Kerry Chu (Ching) and Bao Gaoling, whom Kerry knew as Kao Wei and would later go on to become a prominent Chinese politician. Through her father, Bao Gaoliang, Rachel also has a half-brother, Carlton Bao. At the time of her birth, Rachel's mother Kerry was in an abusive...
Novel
The novel begins with her boyfriend Nick inviting her to meet his family in Singapore. Rachel in fact knows nothing about her boyfriend's family, and is completely unaware of what is in store for her. Upon arriving in Singapore, she meets Nick's friends, Colin Khoo and Araminta Lee who take her out to a local Singaporean food court. The next day, Goh Peik Lin, her best friend from their time at Stanford, takes her to visit her home. Rachel is blown away by how friendly and down-to-earth Peik...
Film
There are some minor differences between the film and the book.
In the series' second installation, ‘China Rich Girlfriend’, the story took place 3 years later. Rachel and Nick Young are at their wedding in California when Nick Young’s semi-estranged mother Eleanor Young crashed their wedding in a helicopter with Rachel’s long-lost father Bao Gaoling. It was then that he invited her to China for their honeymoon...
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- Crazy Rich Asians. The sprawling ensemble cast of the film adaptation of Kevin Kwan's decadent novel is an embarrassment of riches. Here, EW introduces who's who in the cast of Crazy Rich Asians.
- Constance Wu as Rachel Chu. The actress plays the Chinese-American professor dating Nick (Henry Golding), who — unbeknownst to her — is one of Asia's richest, most eligible bachelors.
- Henry Golding as Nick Young. The dreamboat son of Singapore's unofficial first family was one of the toughest roles to cast, but the travel host, who was born in Malaysia, grew up in England, and now lives in Singapore, ultimately nabbed the part.
- Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Young. The Malaysia-born superstar needs no introduction. The actress, who currently stars on CBS' Star Trek: Discovery and who's stolen scenes in Tomorrow Never Dies, Sunshine, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and many, many more films in her decades-long career, plays Eleanor, Nick's overprotective mother, who's spent her life cultivating the Young throne for Nick to inherit.
Dec 7, 2018 · In Crazy Rich Asians, Taiwanese-American actress (and queen of lobs) Constance Wu stars as Rachel Chu, a middle-class economics professor who falls for a member of Singapore's elite.
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Rachel Chu : I thought I was here to meet your family, go to your best friend's wedding, eat some good food. Instead, I feel like I'm a villain in a soap opera who's plotting to steal your family fortune. Nick Young : What happened? Rachel Chu : I mean, I met Amanda.
Aug 15, 2018 · Crazy Rich Asians: Directed by Jon M. Chu. With Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan. This contemporary romantic comedy based on a global bestseller follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
