'Didi' Director Sean Wang On Street Casting For Coming-Of-Age Film Set In 2008 | Sundance 2024

Director Sean Wang and cast Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen stop by The Hollywood Reporter's studio in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival to chat about their coming-of-age film about a Taiwanese American boy in Fremont, CA 2008 - which was inspired by 'Stand by Me.'

Meaning "younger brother" in Mandarin, 'DìDi' (弟弟) is a story about 13-year-old Chris Wang who learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt and how to love your mom.