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.@MrEddieHuang, whose memoir was adapted into the sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat,” is making his directorial debut with "Boogie."

@jenyamato caught up with Huang, who told us about his behind-the-scenes troubles in movies and TV
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"Boogie" is an NYC-set tale of a Chinese American hoop star with NBA dreams.

But Huang faced roadblocks breaking into film: “You can’t walk in with an Asian American memoir or movie. No one believes in it, no one wants to do it."
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On the fight to get his directorial debut, “Boogie,” made after his life was turned into a sitcom:

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"My experience on “Fresh Off the Boat” [the sitcom] really beat me down, Hollywood beat me down," he said.

He also revealed a lot about making a 2016 Vice doc series: "I remember crying at work."

More:
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Huang also talked to us about Bashar “Pop Smoke” Jackson, the scene he was afraid to put into the film, and his controversial 2015 comments about the experiences of Asian men:
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Huang went off on a social media rant about “Fresh Off the Boat" in 2015 latimes.com/entertainment/…

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