To be given the opportunity to ad-lib, sing with one another in the recording studio, and "shine in such a brightly comedic way" was "liberating." Cola adds, "Not often do Asian actors get to do that: to be multidimensional and do various things in one project."įor the uninitiated, "Joy Ride" is the story of four friends who find themselves on an unapologetically explicit journey of self-discovery as they travel across Asia.
"We didn't take it lightly, and we absolutely gave it our all," Cola says. That epiphany resonated with the entire lead cast, including Cola, Park, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu, who carried the impact of their roles with them into every scene. So in those moments when we see representation on the page, we have to pinch ourselves and do a double-take." It's such a wake-up call when you're still surprised that people want to see this because I think we've been so brainwashed by the industry and by this country, to be frank, that our stories aren't important that we almost started to believe it.
"We just kept wrapping our heads around the fact that everything in this film is a big moment, from the nightclub to the K-pop dance to doing drugs on the train, the scene with the hot basketball boys - literally everything was such a big moment. "It was such an epiphany and such a moment of gratitude that we get to be a part of a film that's never been done," Cola says. For Cola and Park, who are both in their early 30s and whose previous acting résumés had primarily consisted of supporting roles, the realization was weighty.
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