Always Be My Maybe

Oh my God.

Always Be My Baby.

Always, okay, that's a great rom-com, by the way.

It's cute.

Lee?

It has to be always be my maybe for me.

And I might get a little long winded here, but I feel like having grown up with Keanu and always knowing he was kind of Asian and he's native Hawaiian and has a little bit of Chinese and most of his movies, he's generally seen as a white character.

And it's been really interesting.

you know, his heritage just yet.

It might be authentically him in his perspective.

And then finally we get to 2019, and for me, Always Be My Maybe, I was like, oh my gosh, this is finally an Asian-American story that he is coming out in as himself.

And I'm kind of curious to see where he's going to go with that.

Speaking of lovable guys, today, folks, we got an amazing guest joining us.

He's truly one of the most prolific and talented actor, writer, director, and all-around comedy legends working today.

You've seen him in movies like The Interview, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Aquaman, and the beloved romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe, which he co-starred and co-wrote with the hilarious Ali Wong.

You've also seen him in television shows like WandaVision, Blockbuster, and the acclaimed ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat.

And in 2023, he made his directorial debut with the feature film Shortcomings, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was

There was also, there was a girl, um, actually, I don't know the gender of this person, I'm just making some assumptions, uh, who did a whole Letterboxd list of, like, all of these movies.

Um, Enchanted, Letters to Juliet, Moonstruck, The Philadelphia Story, You, Me, and Tuscany, Always Be My Maybe, Love Actually in a sense.

In a vignette.

Um, Irish Wish.

Maybe.

Always Be My Maybe Maybe was the name of it.

Always Be My Maybe.

Yes.

Always Be My Maybe.

Have you ever seen it? Yeah,

with

We talked about Grace Tame's and her influence in Australia, especially around grooming.

We talked about the movies Always Be My Maybe and Remarkably Bright Creatures.

We talked about the, the show that's coming out, My Brilliant Career, which is an Australian show.

We talked about an Australian influencer by the name of Samantha BloCH.

She looks ridiculous at the premiere she goes to and she feels it.

And then, yeah, happy ending is on the red carpet, which actually made me think of Always Be My Maybe.

That like, again, like slipping in a little criticism of French lover, but that red carpet scene was so satisfying to me in Always Be My Maybe because it resolves the tension of how is he going to interact with her in her professional life? I didn't feel like...

in this film french lover it feels like the happy ending is oh we're going public with our love and i'm like but there hasn't been no issue of secrecy

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