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Andrew Ahn has the fall of Quibi to thank for being the director of “Fire Island.”
The gay filmmaker — known for moving dramas that center on Asian-American families like “Spa Night” and “Driveways” — had previously interviewed for the project when it was set to be released on the short-lived, short-form streaming platform. He didn’t get the job at the time. But Quibi’s collapse and the production’s move to Searchlight Pictures for a feature-length release sparked a search for a new director. Fortuitously, this became Ahn.
“It just felt very gratifying,” says Ahn, who was drawn to the groundbreaking screenplay by writer and star Joel Kim Booster for its celebration of queer Asian-American friendship. This topic is “so much of who I am and what I’m about,” he says. “And so, to have this opportunity and to work with Joel and (fellow lead) Bowen Yang, who are real-life friends, it just felt so perfect.”
Another attraction? The story was inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” a favorite novel of Ahn’s. But instead of upper-class courtship in England, the plot of the celebrated 1813 book was transposed to “Fire Island,” its own fertile soil for tackling queer cruising and dating in 21st-century America. “There’s just something about the romance and the dissection of class and wealth that all mapped to gay men on Fire Island really damn well. It just felt so smart and something I really wanted to bring to life,” Ahn asserts.
In “Fire Island,” Booster’s and Yang’s characters set sail to the legendary gay vacation spot for a week-long escape with friends — including a hilarious house mother portrayed by Margaret Cho — in search of love, lust, and adventure.
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Bowen Yang perform a cover of Britney Spears’ “Sometimes” in the Hulu film . In true romcom fashion, the actor gets to bear all his emotions during a pivotal musical moment.While speaking to ET, writer and star Joel Kim Booster and director Andrew Ahn break down the epic moment. “It’s my favorite scene in the movie, for sure,” Booster says.As Howie, Yang takes the stage three quarters of the way through Booster’s queer, modern adaptation of to sing an unexpected version of the 1999 hit song while his friends, Luke (Matt Rogers) and Keegan (Tomás Matos), provide backup and add a little choreography to the scene. The scene comes near the end of their trip to the gay mecca as the limits of Howie and Noah’s (Booster) friendship have been tested by their unexpected and complicated romantic feelings for Charlie (James Scully) and Will (Conrad Ricamora), respectively. When it comes to the song selection, “it was Bowen’s choice,” Booster says, explaining that the scene itself “was always written into this script [and] that Bowen would sing karaoke in that moment.” He adds, “I asked Bowen for a list of songs he’d be comfortable singing and ‘Sometimes’ was sort of the top choice.
, a queer, modern adaptation of, was first announced, it marked the first time a major film was being written and directed by as well as starring openly gay Asian people. In this case, that’s director Andrew Ahn, writer and star Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang. Later, the Hulu movie made news again when it revealed that it had filled out all the supporting roles with LGBTQ actors, including Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers and Conrad Ricamora. “Joel and I felt very committed to casting queer actors for this,” Ahn tells ET.
Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City — about 60 miles and a ferry ride away from its subject— “Fire Island,” Joel Kim Booster’s romantic comedy about a weekend spent in New York’s chosen queer haven, held its premiere at the SVA Theatre.On 23rd Street in Chelsea, guests including Alok Viad-Menon, Jackie Cox, Peppermint and John Cameron Mitchell, as well as stars Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Conrad Ricamora and James Scully assembled to celebrate the film as part of New York’s NewFest Pride. You could have lifted the premiere’s guest list from any summer weekend spent at the Pines, something to be celebrated for a new film distributed by a gatekeeper studio like Searchlight Pictures.
modernizes Jane Austen’s 1813 oft-adapted novel, relocates it to the thumping New York beach vacation spot and makes nearly every character a 30-something gay guy. Elizabeth, Mr.