Ronny Chieng: "Crazy Rich Asians" Cousin Eddie Score & Script
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APPRAISER:
We have some really exciting stuff here. Tell me a little bit about it.
GUEST:
I was very lucky to be part of this movie, Crazy Rich Asians. Working on this movie was a life-changing experience, not just for a career point of view, but just the people I got to meet. Till today, we still talk every day. I just let them know I'm doing this. They can't believe it. They want to know how much this stuff is worth. When you do movies, the script goes through so many revisions, but this was the script I studied the most. As you can see, I highlighted things because I'm a professional. (chuckles) And then, uh, I wrote down some notes about the character, what I think he should be feeling. I also wrote some alternative lines. That was something cool on the film, that the director really trusted us to just go for it. And this is actually a really cool piece for me. When we were in post-production for the movie, they composed all-original music and they had a live orchestra play it. And so when they were recording the music for it, I happened to be in Los Angeles. And so the director, Jon Chu, called me and said, "Hey, do you want to come to Warner Brothers Studio and watch them record the music?" And I was like, "Of course, this is unbelievable." And I don't know if it was coincidence, but they happened to be playing the theme for my character, Cousin Eddie. When the character's introduced, it's the theme playing in the background. The conductor, Brian Tyler, signed the music sheet and gave it to me.
APPRAISER:
I love the inscription. It's something you can't buy. The fact that it's to you, the fact that it's your theme music in the movie, and that it's signed, I would put a value about $750.
GUEST:
What!?
APPRAISER:
The best part about a script like this is the use, the annotations and of course the connection to the film.
GUEST:
Yeah.
APPRAISER:
And the film is so popular. Such a great movie. So you've got a lot of things going for you as far as value. And as such, even though it's still a relatively recent film, a script like that would probably be worth about $1,500.
GUEST:
What!?
APPRAISER:
Yeah. And that $1,500 is a retail price.
GUEST:
Damn, I should have kept more of these things.
APPRAISER:
(laughs)
GUEST:
We had like five of these things in my trailer. I guess money does buy happiness.
APPRAISER:
(laughs)
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