Ashley Park says being cast in ‘Joy Ride’ was a “game changer” for her. “I’ve never been in something not only where I was surrounded by Asian people, but led by them,” she tells VF.
centering on four friends who travel to China together and end up on a wild adventure involving drug smuggling, threesomes, and K-pop.
At the time, Park had a healthy career onstage, and she’d earned a Tony nomination for playing Gretchen Wieners in the Broadway adaptation ofBut her screen time had been limited; she hadn’t yet appeared in Netflix’s breakout seriesSo she wasn’t sure she had a chance. “I remember really feeling like, I would love a shot at this, but even if I’m not involved, this is definitely a movie I will go watch first thing when it comes out,” she says “I was just so excited that it was happening.
But Park actually booked the lead role of Audrey, a lawyer who goes to China on a business trip and ends up looking for her birth mother, leading her to discover much more about her identity. She’s joined by her childhood best friend , her friend’s eccentric, K-pop-loving cousin , and her former college roommate who’s since become a Chinese soap star (is a wild, laugh-out-loud ride that also explores friendship and identity through its characters’ story.
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