Boogie. “I’ve got 10 fingers, 10 toes, I’m breathing without assistance. I can’t complain.”The 30-year-old’s sweet, approachable demeanor is different from that of her most recent character in the coming-of-age feature filmwritten and directed by Eddie Huang.
Paige plays headstrong, self-assured high school baddie Eleanor, girlfriend of Alfred Chin (Taylor Takahashi), a second-generation Asian-American who dreams of being drafted into the NBA and defeating neighborhood champion — and antagonist — Monk, played by the late rapper Pop Smoke.When Paige first read Eleanor’s character analysis in June she didn’t think she’d want to play a high school student.
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