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Fresh Face: Izaac Wang Developed His ‘Dìdi’ Character As A “More Vulnerable, Immature” Version Of His True Self
Fresh Face: How Izaac Wang developed his 'Dìdi' character as a “more vulnerable, immature” version of his true self.
In Dìdi, a mid-2000s era coming-of-age tale loosely based on the filmmaker’s upbringing, Wang’s character Chris is a complicated 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy trying to navigate the adolescent pitfalls of growing up. While running a new pharmaceutical shop in Moorpark, Wang’s father, Peter, the CEO and co-founder of Honeybee Health, randomly struck up a conversation with a frequent customer who just so happened to be a kids’ talent manager. Reflecting on the deeper thematic reasons for the constant strife between mother and son, Wang adds: “Chris has all this built-up teenage angst and rage inside of him that he just hasn’t been able to get rid of, and the only person there to rant to is his mom.
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