A trio of standout roles in TheWhale, TheMenu and ShowingUp reveals Hong Chau's boundless range
In Darren Aronofsky's"The Whale," she plays best friend and nurse to Brendan Fraser's obese shut-in professor, his most regular visitor and assertive caregiver. She desperately, unsentimentally prods him to get healthier, to care about himself.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service Since starting out on the David Simon HBO series"Treme" and in Paul Thomas Anderson's"Inherent Vice," 43-year-old Chau has cut a unique, sometimes mysterious path through show business, choosing parts deliberately and seamlessly shape-shifting each time."For a long time, she was such an enigma to me," Mylod says.
"I guess I just start dreaming up a character," Hong Chau says. She has starring roles in both"The Whale" and"The Menu." - Associated Press For Chau, who was born to Vietnamese parents in a refugee camp in Thailand and grew up in New Orleans, it's a fate she never bargained on.
Chau's first job out of college was an administrative assistant at PBS. A life behind the camera seemed more likely to her, a mentality that's translated to her acting.