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‘Expats’ Producer Lulu Wang and Star Sarayu Blue on Filming the Show’s Claustrophobic Trapped Elevator Scene Like a Play
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When “ Expats ” showrunner and director Lulu Wang was penning the script for episode 4, she featured a scene where Hilary gets trapped in the elevator with her mother. Based on Janice Y. K. Lee’s 2016 novel “The Expatriates,” the six-episode Prime Video limited series “The Expats” follows an international community in Hong Kong whose lives are bound together forever following a sudden family tragedy. It turns into a moment where audiences learn about this contentious relationship, a judgmental mother who finds fault in everything Hilary does, right down to wearing the wrong shoes.
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