JOYRIDE - GETTING THE SCOOP FROM STARS STEPHANIE TSU and SABRINA WU

It’s being touted as “Bridesmaids” meets “Girl’s Trip. Strap in and get ready for the hilarity that ensues in, Joyride.

Adele Lim, who co-wrote Crazy Rich Asians, makes her feature directorial debut with the comedy Joy Ride, which in a hilarious yet poignant way, tells the story of four female Asian-American friends.

Ashley Park plays Audrey, a woman who was adopted as a baby from China by a white American couple and is now an overachieving lawyer in Seattle. So she needs to head to Beijing to negotiate a deal with a Chinese company, but because she does not speak the language, brings along her wise-cracking Chinese childhood best friend Lolo (Sherry Cola).

Audrey and Lolo’s friendship started when they were young as they bonded over being the only Asian girls in their town. Lolo’s socially awkward cousin nicknamed Deadeye (Sabrina Wu) – who happens to have extensive K-pop knowledge – also tags along. Once in Beijing, they meet up with Audrey’s university roommate Kat (Stephanie Hsu), who is now a famous actress in China engaged to her handsome but deeply devout co-star.

Things start to go sideways when Lolo suggests Audrey look for her birth mother while they’re in the country. They accidentally end up in a train compartment with a drug smuggler and have their luggage, which contains all their passports, stolen.

A serious of hilarious events take place while they embark on the mission to find Audrey’s mother, including the girls pretending to be a K-pop band called Brownie Tuesday to get on a plane without their passports, because as Deadeye claims “you know who can bypass airport security? K-pop stars.”

I had the opportunity to chat with stars Stephanie Tsu ( who has had quite the ride these past two years also starring in the Oscar winning film, Everything, Everywhere, All At Once) and newcomer Sabrina Wu about working on the film, bonding and K-Pop.