
Given a proper treatment, the award-winning, critically-acclaimed book which has been described as “a wartime-era Chinese-Japanese variation on Romeo and Juliet”, has the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Considering the rampant whitewashing of minority roles in Hollywood and outright refusal of producers to cast Asian actors, Ford’s determination to ensure the male lead remains Chinese is quite commendable.
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