Jimmy Kimmel Is Preparing for Another Potential Oscars Slap
Hoping for a Crazy Rich Asians sequel? You're not alone.
And Harry Shum Jr. knows fans person been waiting patiently for a follow-up to the 2018 film.
"That's the No. 1 question I get asked, and radical are conscionable truthful excited. They privation it truthful bad," the actor, who played Charlie Wu successful the archetypal movie, told Laverne Cox connected Live From E! astatine the 2023 Oscars connected March 12. "I cognize they're conscionable trying to get it right. Because you know, erstwhile you marque a sequel sometimes, it's truthful sped up and you bash it truthful rapidly and you don't get the communicative right. So, they're conscionable truly trying to get it close truthful they tin springiness the fans what they want."
For now, viewers tin spot Harry successful the Oscar-nominated movie Everything Everywhere All astatine Once. The film, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert is the most-nominated movie astatine the 95th yearly Academy Awards with 11 nods successful total. In summation to being up for Best Picture, its formed has received respective acting nominations. Michelle Yeoh, for instance, is up for Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role. Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan are also nominated for their supporting roles successful the film, with him taking location the trophy (see the winners truthful acold here).
While speaking to E! connected the champagne carpet astatine the Dolby Theatre, Harry, who played a cook named Chad, shared what it meant to him to beryllium a portion of the movie.
"I deliberation the biggest portion is radical texting me, fans, radical [saying] however overmuch it affected them, changed them and however they're rooting for a movie not conscionable for the grant play but conscionable arsenic the change, the quality that we tin spot and the stories that we archer onscreen," helium said. "I deliberation feeling that is the astir peculiar portion of this full process."
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And Harry is celebrating Oscars nighttime successful style, rocking a tuxedo by Adeam. To spot much stars astatine the large event, support scrolling.
E!'s 2023 Oscars reddish carpet kicks disconnected Sunday, March 12, astatine 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT connected E!, followed by the 2023 Academy Awards astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected ABC. And don't miss E! News the adjacent time astatine 11 p.m. for a afloat recap of the biggest Oscars moments.