What is Charlyne Yi opening up about on her movie paper heart?
Interview with Paper Heart’s Charlyne Yi July 28th, 2009 by Rebecca Harper Editor In Paper Heart, actress-comic-musician Charlyne Yi goes on a cross-country quest to find out what love truly means. Shot documentary-style, she interviews real-life couples, scientists, kids and even her famous comedian friends (including Seth Rogan, whom she co-starred with in Knocked Up, and Demetri Martin) about the subject of love because, it seems, she doesn’t believe in love herself. Along the way, she meets Michael Cera (played by Michael Cera), and they slowly — in fact, reluctantly on Yi’s part — start to have a relationship that’s played out for the camera. It’s a quirky, sweet little story about romance as Yi depicts her documentary subjects’ stories of love using paper clip puppets who find themselves plunged into icy rivers or on the back of a motorcycle. Yi was kind enough to talk to Hulu about the project and to share an exclusive outtake with NUMB3RS star David Krumholtz with us. You can c
Asian American performance artist, musician, writer, painter and actress, Charlyne Yi’s new movie “Paper Heart” will open in theaters on August 7. Moviegoers may remember Yi from her brief but memorable appearance in director Judd Apatow’s hit comedy “Knocked Up.” In “Paper Heart,” Yi stars along with Michael Cera and Jake Johnson. It was directed by Nick Jasenovec and produced by Sandra Murillo. Yi executive produced in addition to co-writing the screenplay and stars as a fictionalized version of herself. The “hybrid-documentary” follows her as she embarks on a quest across America to find “love.” According to the filmmakers, as Yi and her good friend (and director) Nick search for answers and advice about love, she talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist? But shortly after filming begins, Yi meets a boy after h
Moviegoers may remember Yi from her brief but memorable appearance in director Judd Apatow’s hit comedy “Knocked Up.” In “Paper Heart,” Yi stars along with … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&usg=AFQjCNEY4wBoWm91JM1tM5Cty-kSII_1Uw&sig2=iu0eyvzMqFaIzycqcxW8bA&cid=1399209340&ei=kR94SsCOEIG08wS3j6SVAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.
