Randall Park can see himself in "Shortcomings." The movie - which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and hit theaters Aug. 4 - features an array of complex characters, many of them caught up in varying levels of chaos and creative frustration. And in plenty occasions, Park has been there, too.
"In certain times of my life, I've definitely been like each of these characters," Park tells Popsugar. "Even in a lot of the smaller characters, I see myself. I'm thinking right now of Ramon, the organizer of the Asian American Film Festival at the beginning, I definitely could see that guy in me."
"Shortcomings" indeed begins at a film festival, and its first frames are a clip from an exuberant romantic comedy. But the moment the movie-within-a-movie ends, the tone shifts. As he exits the theater, the film's protagonist, Ben (Justin H. Min), eviscerates the clip, denouncing it...
"In certain times of my life, I've definitely been like each of these characters," Park tells Popsugar. "Even in a lot of the smaller characters, I see myself. I'm thinking right now of Ramon, the organizer of the Asian American Film Festival at the beginning, I definitely could see that guy in me."
"Shortcomings" indeed begins at a film festival, and its first frames are a clip from an exuberant romantic comedy. But the moment the movie-within-a-movie ends, the tone shifts. As he exits the theater, the film's protagonist, Ben (Justin H. Min), eviscerates the clip, denouncing it...
- 8/9/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
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