![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, Park got behind the camera for a film starring Justin H. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to figure out what he really wants from life and love. Ben is a moody but charming character who is often annoyed with his girlfriend Miko’s newfound passion for supporting the Asian American community. It just felt very real and authentic, and in ways that I hadn’t seen reflected anywhere else.”Īt the time, Park dreamed of playing the lead character, Ben Tanaka, an Asian American man living in California’s Bay Area who works at the local arthouse theater but aspires to be a filmmaker. “It felt so reflective of my life at that time, and my friends and the conversations we’d have and the places we’d hang out. “I think what drew me to it was that it just felt so real to me,” Park tells Vanity Fair now. In a profile at Vanity Fair, Park talks about seeing the book for the first time at LA’s Giant Robot shop, and feeling his connection to the story: ![]() Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. A still from Shortcomings by Randall Park, an official selection of the U.S. ![]()
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