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Inside Lucy Liu’s 7-Year Journey to ‘Rosemead’: ‘Gut-Wrenching From a Cellular Level’
Lucy Liu unpacks her transformative role as Irene in "Rosemead," based on the true story of a terminally ill mother and her schizophrenic son.
No, she hasn’t taken up residence in the SoCal city – but the community within L.A. County’s San Gabriel Valley has left an indelible mark on the actor as both the setting and title of her latest film, “Rosemead,” a passion project that’s taken hold of her for over seven years. The film (which was actually produced largely in New York) dramatizes the tragic true story revealed in a 2017 Los Angeles Times article by Frank Shyong about a terminally ill mother and her schizophrenic teenage son. She recalls staple-gunning audition pamphlets during a broad search for the right actor before finally discovering newcomer Lawrence Shou, who expertly tackles the challenging character in his first-ever film role.
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