A film crew of the US television series Fresh Off the Boat is in Taiwan to search for shooting locations, the Taipei Film Commission said on Tuesday.
Commission director Jennifer Jao (饒紫娟) said the actors and actresses from the ABC sitcom, which also airs locally, are expected to visit next month to film an episode over three days.
The film crew has yet to disclose the locations, but Jao said the director has always wanted to shoot an episode in which the immigrant parents return to their hometown, creating a good opportunity to film in Taiwan.
Fresh Off the Boat is a comedy starring Hudson Yang (楊昇德), Randall Park and Constance Wu (吳恬敏) that is loosely inspired by the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang (黃頤銘) and his book Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir.
It is the first US television situation comedy starring an Asian-American family as protagonists to air in prime time on network television since Margaret Cho’s All American Girl aired from September 1994 to March 1995 on ABC.
The show tells the story of the Huang family moving from Washington to Orlando, Florida, in the 1990s and opening a cowboy-themed steak restaurant.
The sitcom, which has received generally positive reviews, is going into its third season this fall and the episode to be filmed locally will be its season premiere, which is scheduled to air in the US on Oct. 11.
At the end of the second season, the character Louis Huang (Eddie’s father) announced that he would take the family back to Taiwan to attend his younger brother’s wedding and mend relations with his sibling.
The characters of Louis — played by Korean-American Park — and his wife, Jessica — played by Taiwanese-American Wu — were born in Taiwan, while their three sons were born in the US.
The episode to be filmed in Taiwan is to feature famous scenic spots as well as its food and night markets.
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