AmerAsian

AmerAsian is a 2009 feature length college relationship drama was initially completed, but reentered postproduction in January 2009 for additional shooting. Directed by Roger Lim, it is the first AmerAsian film of a trilogy and stars Lim as Eric Young who takes on the identity of unknown Jimmy Lee and Evlin Lake as Monica Donovan Erics potential love interest. It also introduces Bobby Dodge as Coach Donovan Monicas dad and Erics baseball coach, Shannon Gayle as Kimberly Monicas best friend, Andrew Plummer as Sean the catalyst who finds Erics new identity, and Jason Lombard as Daryl Walker the teams standout player.

Afteryears of developing his first feature length screenplay, Lim set out to produce, cast, and act in AmerAsian. Lim, who was at first reluctant to direct himself in his script, decided that doing so would be in the best interest of the most accurate storytelling, having written the script based on his own life. His casting process took a very toughmonths before all the pieces began to fall into place. The film, originally scheduled to shoot in the Spring of 2004 with Travis Van Winkle attached as Sean, was pushed back a year for casting purposes. After over 1500 reads for the female lead, Lim found Evlin Lake, who was perfect for the role of Monica Donovan, and initiated intense rehearsals with her. After several hundred more reads, Bobby Dodge was attached to play Monicas suspect father, Coach Donovan, and Jason Lombard was cast as the arrogant Daryl. Although it took just as many more auditions to find the perfect coldhearted Kimberly, Shannon Gayle was attached late in the game, though Lim notes her performance as one of the most exciting elements of the entire film. Despite Van Winkles hard work, commitment, and dedication to his intense rehearsals, and everything set to go in mid2005, Van Winkle was unfortunately lost to production. But just weeks before shooting, Lim cast Andrew Plummer, already on board for a smaller role in the film, as the new Sean. The remainder of the cast would come on board as much as a year later. Attached even before any of the actors was cinematographer David Doko, whose tremendous support was invaluable to Lim. A month before principal photography was to begin, Lim set out to personally interview hundreds more to fill hiscrew positions. As preproduction came to a wrap, Lim was able to continually finetune his script until AmerAsian was set to begin shooting.Shooting on AmerAsian started on June 11, 2005 on the Los Angeles Pierce College baseball field in Woodland Hills, California, and concluded on July 17, 2005 at the

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