"The Farewell" was arguably the sleeper hit of 2019. Lead actress Nora Lum, better known as Awkwafina ("Ocean's 8," "Crazy Rich Asians"), walked away with the Golden Globes’ best actress award and put director and writer Lulu Wang's name on the map. Wang has now officially joined the club of female American directors changing the scene in Hollywood, one woman-centric film at a time.
Lesser known is the fact that Japanese actress Aoi Mizuhara made her Hollywood debut in "The Farewell," for which she spent the past few months living in Los Angeles and promoting the film.
"On my own, I saw this movie five times. I loved it that much," Mizuhara tells The Japan Times. "One time, I even took my mother."