It is not every day that you get to work with Nicole Kidman and award-winning director Lulu Wang ('The Farewell'). But luck was on the side of Filipina actresses Ruby Ruiz and Amelyn Pardenilla when both actresses got accepted by Wang to work in her hit debut TV series 'Expats.
It is not every day that you get to work with Nicole Kidman and award-winning director Lulu Wang . But luck was on the side of Filipina actresses Ruby Ruiz and Amelyn Pardenilla when both actresses got accepted by Wang to work in her hit debut TV series "Expats."Ruiz, who is known for "Iska" , "The Bourne Legacy" , and "The Bit Player" , got her lucky break after sending audition tapes and then finally a Zoom audition with Wang and the producers.
But of course, we have to make sure that it looks as realistic as possible. And so, we ended up doing a ton of research. And we looked at a lot of references, and so often you can see the artificiality.It's a testament to the craft and the care that is on screen that I would not know that. I don't think most viewers would even begin to pick up on those discrepancies.