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‘Freakier Friday’ Director Wanted To Correct “Hurtful” Asian Stereotypes From 2003 Film
Although the upcoming 'Freaky Friday' sequel might transport some back to the early aughts, one unfortunate aspect of the OG will stay in the past.
Freakier Friday director Nisha Ganatra recently opened up about the “complicated” task of updating the “beloved” original 2003 film’s Asian representation following “some stereotypes that were hurtful.” In Freaky Friday, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and daughter Emma (Lindsay Lohan) have an argument during a family dinner at a Chinese restaurant, which is overheard by the eatery’s owner Pei-Pei ( Rosalind Chao) and her mother ( Lucille Soong), who intervenes with an enchanted fortune cookie that magically makes the pair swap bodies. Manny Jacinto, who plays Emma’s fiancé Eric in the sequel, admitted he also had “concerns” about signing on, explaining that the original “did not age very well, regarding the diverse characters.”
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