FADE IN The story of how Falling from Grace (originally titled East Broadway) ended up on the screen in Des Moines, Iowa, is, itself, a film-worthy tale. 10 years ago, while making the transition from working as a stage actress in shows like Miss Saigon to work in film and television, Fay found herself disappointed by the roles available to Asian American women. "I didn't see the point to continue acting if I was only ever going to be offered the cleaning lady, the nurse, the lawyer who speaks Chinese." So, she decided to write her own script. She took a screenplay writing class and developed a romantic comedy ("I am totally a Chick Flick kind of girl") inspired by several random meetings she had with John F. Kennedy Jr. over the course of a few weeks. "I saw him on the street, in a restaurant, at the bank, he rode past me on his bike. I just saw him everywhere. It's not odd to see a celebrity on the street in New York. But I saw him A LOT in a short amount of time. I thought, is he stalking me? Am I stalking him? And when I started writing the script I wondered if someone like that--"American Royalty"--would ever date a working class girl from Chinatown." As a final question, I asked Fay if there was some advice that the person she is today would give to the person she was before this whole journey began. www.fallingforgrace.com
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