Jasmine Curtis-Smith plays in front of Osric Chau in a new film – and this is not a story of love

Published 16h57, 26 July 2018

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JASMINE CURTIS SMITH.The actress plays in a forthcoming film with Osric Chau Photo by Rob Reyes / Rappler

MANILA, Philippines – Jasmine Curtis-Smith played the central role in Empty by Design an upcoming film by Andrea A Walter

Jasmine will be alongside Osric Chau, who played Kevin Tran in the CW series ] Supernatural .

It also stars Dante Basco, who is known to play Rufio in Hook and Chris Pang, who plays Colin Khoo in Asics Crazy Rich .

"Our film Empty by Design is a little Filipino version of Lost in Translation or a Wong Kar Wai film. It's after two Filipinos who grew up here, they leave, they come back, they feel disconnected and isolated from their culture for many reasons, "Andrea told Rappler at the July 26 press conference for AsiaPOP Comicon 2018, where Osric is a

Andrea, who is British-Filipino and lives in Los Angeles, said that the idea of ​​the film came from his own experience of being a third child of culture [19659005] "It's the struggle to try to find who you are and at the same time try to find your culture. It's also a fight that millennials seem to have. It does not matter if you are Filipino or not, if you are far from your hometown and you come back and you have no idea, you have no connection with anybody. any of them, "she said.

With two beautiful actors in the lead roles – and with the reference of Lost In Translation / Wong Kar Wai – people may think that the film is a love story, but Andrea has says it was not the case

Let's go, says Andrea. "Every Filipino wants a romcom, but we want to try something different."

She added that it is easy for Jasmine to relate to her character because of her Franco-Australian origin

"Jasmine, speaks to her and works with her on the film, she feels the same way to do the Australia-Philippines thing, "said Andrea. "Even though she hides it very well online, there is a disconnect with a lot of us, she feels the same way, so it's easy for her to get into the character."

Osric says the film is a passion project the team, most of whom are personally connected to the story, being themselves children of the third culture (Osric is Chinese-Canadian and Chris is Australian-Taiwanese).

"No matter where we are on this planet, we are still considered strangers, always strangers, it's a movie about people who feel that kind of stuff and end up finding their home in their home. hometown, "he told the Presscon

in the film, he plays a Filipino-Chinese character. in the state of Filipino spirit wearing only flip flops and shorts, and eating a lot of mangoes.

"I do not wear shoes anymore, I do not want to wear pants, I only wear shorts … When I came here to eat like 6 mangos every day, so good," he said Rappler .

The team is currently shooting in Manila, and according to Osric, filming should be completed by August 20. According to Andrea, the film will be released in the first quarter. or Q2 of 2019. – Rappler.com