Director Jon M. Chu slams fake casting for Crazy Rich Asians Sequel
Crazy Rich Asians Sequel – Movie director Jon M. Chu “disgusted” by the social media post about the fake casting for the sequel of the movie based on Kevin Kwan’s book.
The hit movie which features Asian stars is set to do the sequels of the trilogy titled China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems. Just recently, Chu clarified that the production is not asking money from auditionees.
This came after a Twitter post of “Alan Baltes” asking $99 payment for the “submission fee” through Google Pay or Venmo for the “live Zoom audition” to those who are hoping to be included in the next movie.
On the other hand, the said Twitter account was already deleted. In line with this, director Jon M. Chu posted this clarification: “No no no no this is a scam. We are not holding auditions at all. And we definitely wouldn’t charge $99 for that!! Please take this down. Very very FALSE. And evil to pull this scam when people are down right now.”
In the follow-up tweet of the movie director, he slammed the Twitter account that posted this scam. Chu called this kind of act as disgusting.
“Do not listen to @alanbaltes about auditions for CrazyRichAsian Sequels. It is a malicious scam &frankly disgusting to try and take advantage of people at a time like this. He’s asking people 2Venmo him $99 dollars to audition. I’ve sent to Warner Bro’s legal department to pursue,” he said.
Talking to Variety, Chu said that they are far from the process of casting because they don’t have the script yet and a casting director. This is beyond the fact that talks about the sequel came right after the Crazy Rich Asians hit the cinemas.
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