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, Ahn got his parents to act in the semi-autobiographical dim, although he didn’t tell them what it was about. Instead, he told them it was the story of a Korean-American virile who was having an “existential crisis.”
“They were totally game,” Ahn said of his parents’ willingness to act in the blur. “The fact that they were so game almost made it more heartbreaking for me because I was completely fooling them.”
Ahn said he was “wonderful nervous” before showing his parents the finished reel.
“I got so stretch, I almost couldn’t press play,” he said. “They said, ‘Nothing but hit play. We’re going to love it. We’re your parents.’
“When the credits started rolling, my dad said, ‘Oh is that it?’ I knew at that minute they didn’t get it. It was so upsetting to me because this was the whole reason I made this film. I didn’t want to have to verbalize it. I didn’t be to say ‘I’m gay.’”
Ahn said he broke down in tears and finally told his parents.
Source: Voice of America