'The experience of filming it was special', says StephanieHsu. EEAAO
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Stephanie Hsu predicted the movie's success during filming.having had “zero concept” of A24, the studio behind the film, before joining“I don’t think we all knew it was going to be successful, I think we knew it was going to be special,” Hsu said. “The experience of filming it was special.
Dubbed a "witch" by co-directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, also known as the Daniels, Hsu described pulling Kwan aside and predicting: “This movie is going to bring people back into the movie theaters." “There was just something in me that could feel the scale of it, and that we were doing something that no one has ever seen before,” she explained.But faced with the sudden pandemic, Hsu described fearing the film’s eventual reception.
I was like, ‘I don’t know if people are going to like it or not, or if people are going to understand it or have the patience for it.’ But it’s been so rewarding and affirming, both in the industry and also as an artist, to realize that people are still willing to be surprised and are still capable of being surprised and want to be challenged. People will show up for a new experience.