Chu spoke to The Globe and Mail about his journey from Step Up 2 to Wicked and being an outsider challenging Hollywood norms
U.S. film director Jon M. Chu poses upon arrival for the U.K. premiere of the film Wicked at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, on Nov. 18.
The movie is a neat fit for director Jon M. Chu, whose own canon reads like an outsider challenging Hollywood norms. Chu cut his teeth making glorious sequels toknockoff where hip-hop moves are appropriated by ballerinas. “I decided I’m gonna make the best damn direct-to-DVD dance movie sequel ever,” says Chu on a Zoom call with The Globe and Mail, thinking back on the work he put in on.
I’ve been trying to be accepted into this business from the very beginning. When I just drive up to the studio lot, they’d say “Deliveries are over there.” The people at locations scouts looking for the director never look at me. They look at the tall older white guy over there. I feel it all the time. But at the same time, it drove me and helped me say “I’m going to work harder. I’m going to prove myself. Spielberg’s going to like me. The studio executives got to like me.
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