Hulu’s adaptation of Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown has some more casting news! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. alum Chloe Bennet (pictured above) and comedian Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, Crazy Rich Asians) have joined previously-announced Jimmy O. Yang on the call sheet.
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Interior Chinatown
The series of Interior Chinatown appears to follow the general story of Yu’s book—no small surprise given that Yu is also showrunning the series.
Here is the show’s official logline:
Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu (Yang), a background character trapped in a police procedural trying to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family’s buried history.
According to Variety, Bennet will play Lana Lee, whose official character description is as follows:
Detective Lana Lee is a new lead making her debut appearance in the procedural cop show Black & White. Lana brings a new energy to the series’ reliable but overworked premise. Exuding competence and an air of mystery, Lana represents everything Willis has dreamed of: success, a possible love interest, and a bigger role in the story. Self-aware, compelling, and enigmatic, Lana has a way of easily slipping between worlds—but this ability comes with a complicated reality of its own. When Lana enlists Willis’s help on a major case, the two form an unlikely partnership.
Chieng will play Willis Wu’s best friend Fatty Choi, who is much more comfortable with his lot in life being the sidekick in the story.
The two along with Yang will be directed by Taika Waititi in the series. No news yet on when the show will go into production or make its way onto Hulu.
