The stars of Tiger’s Apprentice spoke about what makes the film unique.
The Tigers Apprenticeis based on a trilogy of books from author Laurence Yep that was first released in 2003.
I think representation is super important.

He’s also very much an American student and an American kid.
And that’s something that I personally related to growing up as a fourth-generation Chinese American.
That was very much my story growing up.

Was having to balance me being American and me being Chinese at the same time.
So I think anyone watching that or anyone that has a similar story can relate to that."
So I think the whole experience from top to bottom was super unique."

And things are quite hectic moving around.
And especially after the pandemic, things kind of changed up a lot."
So even thing even things like that, you know, end up changing the dynamic too."
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And he’s like, You know what, like, I’m not going to eat this.
Do you want this?
And I was like, Yo, like, I never get full off of [Sushi].
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I’ll totally take your lunch.
And my first time meeting Henry, he gave me half of his order of sushi.
So that’s never happened to me before.
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I don’t know if that answers your question."
While it may not be Pixars critically acclaimed film, its relevance to AAPI is undeniable.
Tiger’s Apprenticeis now streaming onParamount+.

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