Harry Shum Jr. is celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival—and overall AAPI excellence—with A Moonlight Odyssey, a digital event with Hennessy X.O
but whose acting career also spans the entire decade prior, the feeling from watching Asian and AAPI stories succeed in Hollywood is wholly that of pride.
“I’m constantly proud of new talent that’s coming up and showing stories with nuances that we usually have not captured properly or in an authentic voice,” Shum said, citingas another recent example. “I’ve known Justin for a long time, and to see his growth and storytelling, to see stories that impart an American life we’ve never really seen or associated with a face or a voice like that, it’s the expansion of views and perspectives.
, premiered this spring at South by Southwest and is set for a limited theatrical release October 22. It’s a psychological thriller that’s about “what happens when you go down a rabbit hole and explore things you haven’t faced,” and gives Shum the chance to expand beyond his heartthrob repertoire But for now, Shum says he’s excited to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival both with Hennessy X.O and personally with his family, now that his two-year-old daughter has started bringing into question the careful balance of keeping and modernizing traditions.
“You want to hold onto as much of your childhood experiences of eating mooncakes and going out and doing the shopping beforehand and getting all the food ready,” Shum acknowledged. “But at the end of the day, it’s the anticipation of getting the family and your friends together. For me, it’s to celebrate being here and not looking at your past so much as looking at how far you’ve come.”
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