Sarah Lian in It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

It’s amazing how wonderful the world works! A couple months ago, I had a scheduled ADR session for the final touches to Jasmine (a feature I shot in Hong Kong back in 2009). I had the chance to have a quick chat with director Dax Phelan after our sesh and he told me to watch out for an email coming my way! Although the film hasn’t been out yet, he showed the feature to first-time director Emily Ting who would be shooting her feature in Hong Kong in the next month! Emily enjoyed my performance in Jasmine and asked me personally if I would like to get involved.

She sent over her scrīpt, “It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong” and I had a good read through. I loved it. Since living in Hong Kong a few years back, I have my own impressions of the city and I thought she nailed it, with the dialogue and the imagery I had in my head. This was definitely something beautiful and something authentic and I especially loved the romantic moments.

Here’s the The Hollywood Reporter: Bryan Greenberg, Jamie Chung star in It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

After a couple emails back and forth, we figured out the logistics and ta-da. I found myself involved in another film project in Hong Kong, again!

Had a chance to work with the real-life lovely couple Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung who are just as lovable off screen as they are on screen. Although I have a tiny little role in this film, it was nice to work with them and give them as much as I could to accelerate their performance! Emily said that I was going to be the “villain” of the scene and I think I must’ve done a good job because I kept giving the stink eye to Jamie take after take!

I finally was able to steal some snaps with producer Sophia Shek who was still chirpy at 3am to say goodbye. Had a fun experience and I’m glad everything went according to plan. This seemed like such a lovely production

**Thank you Dax for sharing with people our work together— this is project #3 now that you’ve got me on. Hopefully there’ll be more to come!