‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on How His Career Defies Gravity
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🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:55.2 | Director John M. Chu has enchanted us with his blockbuster films, most recently Wicked for Good, |
| 1:00.7 | and Chu grew up in the Bay Area in Los Altos, the youngest son of immigrant parents, |
| 1:05.5 | who opened Chinese restaurant Chef Chu's and made it a neighborhood institution. |
| 1:09.7 | No surprise then that John would be the director |
| 1:11.7 | to bring us the first feature film in 25 years with an all-Asian cast in Crazy Rich Asians, |
| 1:17.0 | or a celebration of immigrant dreams in his adaptation of the musical In The Heights. John now brings |
| 1:22.6 | one of Broadway's most beloved musicals to the big screen with the conclusion of his two-part |
| 1:26.8 | adaptation of Wicked. |
| 1:28.6 | We hear my on-stage conversation with John M. Chu in San Francisco on December 3rd and about his |
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