Joel Kim Booster gives an update on what is holding up a ‘Fire Island’ sequel
I didn’t want to make ‘Legally Blonde 2‘. People think they want a sequel, and then they’ll be confronted with something that will sully the memory of the first one and at best be forgotten about.I don’t want to become ‘the adaptation guy’.
I need [to do] a couple of movies before I do it again. But I’m obsessed with Shakespeare adaptations. I’d love to do ‘Much Ado About Nothing‘, it’s my favorite.I don’t know that it [Fire Island] changed the landscape [of representation].
It means a lot to the people that it means a lot to. I always appreciate hearing from those people. It will always be a huge part of the conversation around me and my legacy, or whatever.‘Fire Island‘ came out at a time of a movement of not only representation on screen, but behind it as well.
I made a very Asian-focused movie because I’m Asian, and that’s the story that I wanted to tell, populated by people who could connect to that story.
