Cathy Bui (All I Ever Wanted), Lynn Kim Do (FBI: Most Wanted), and Jazelle Villanueva are set to lead the Freeform and 20th Television pilot from Natalie Chaidez and Dinh Thai.Deadline announced the project exclusively in February.Bui will play Anh, a hard-working girl focused on getting into a top college.
However, her dream is derailed when she and her best friend Jenny are forced into a scheme that leads them to a street gang.Do stars as outspoken Jenny, born to a well-off family, but constricted by her parent’s expectations.
When a traumatic event leaves her emotionally scarred, Jenny enlists her best friend Anh in a dangerous plan.Villanueva portrays Dang-Dang, a ferocious young woman who can’t seem to escape her troubled past.
Dang-Dang is initially at odds with Jenny but forms a surprising and deep friendship with Jenny and Ahn.Set in the vibrant Vietnamese community of Little Saigon in Southern California’s Orange County, AZNBBGRL is a coming-of-age story about three Asian American teenagers driven by a desire to break free from generational expectations and carve out their own place in the world.
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