The first thing the kids say when they’re outside of the airport in Taiwan is, ‘It’s so hot here.’
When Fresh Off the Boat first flirted with the idea of filming in Taiwan last season, showrunner Nahnatchka Khan was thinking about the worst case scenario.
While the boys land in Taiwan with an American mindset, their parents arrive with a very native one.
Everybody keeps talking about Ghost, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg and all that, and [Louis, Jessica and the kids] are like rolling their eyes,” Khan says.