Only in Hollywood. I know I'm not the only one who not long ago, was crushing over an hot actor playing a high school jock on a television show. Then...not long after, was crushing over a different actor playing a high school student, and also playing the son of the same actor you were crushing over just mere months earlier.
I really enjoyed May December, and was impressed by Charles Melton and his turn as Joe Yoo in the film. Vili Fualaau however, the man the character was inspired by, doesn't share the positive vibes the actor and film are receiving. I get it, he was brought in to the creative process, and therefore is also not making any money.
Fualaau is now 40, and his affair with Mary Kay Letourneau made headlines back in the 90's. The creators of May December, although acknowledging the film was inspired by the scandal, made enough changes to the story to ensure it wasn't a biopic. Melton is 33, and was playing about 18 on Riverdale. In May December, he was playing 36.
I know I know it gets a little confusing, but as hot as Melton was in the film, I was equally crushing over actor Gabriel Chung who played his son Charlie Atherton-Yoo. No Chung was playing about 17, but is actually 21, and would have been at least 19 or 20 during the making of the film. The role marks Chung's first big screen role, and I believe official acting debut.
Chung was known to many however, for his work in front of the camera, his own camera on TikTok. Chung is a popular Cosplayer and TikTok creator who had a huge following before getting the role. Some of you may have seen Chung in his tight Spiderman suit, even before seeing him in the film.
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