Trivia / Joy Ride (2023)

• Actor-Shared Background: The Korean-American Ashley Park, playing the Chinese-American Audrey, discovers late into the film that she’s actually Korean-American.
• Approval of God: Lisa of Blackpink actually sent out a tweet saying "Lisa 3 here".
• The Cast Showoff: Ashley Park and Stephanie Hsu both have a background in musical theater. They get a brief scene singing together early on while reminiscing on their college a capella days, and end up on lead vocals in the "WAP" scene.
• Fake Nationality: Malaysian Chinese Ronny Chieng as Chinese boss Chao is also Not Even Bothering with the Accent.
• Production Posse: Lori Tan Chinn and Stephanie Hsu also played major or recurring roles on Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, co-created and executive-produced by Teresa Hsiao. Both actresses specifically interact in the episode "Don't F**k With Grandmas," written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Non-binary Sabrina Wu as non-binary, Ambiguously Gay Deadeye.
• Spoiled by the Cast List: Some may wonder why the Korean-American Ashley Park is playing Chinese adoptee Audrey Sullivan, considering all the other Chinese characters are played by Chinese actors. This is explained by the reveal that Audrey is in fact of Korean, not Chinese, descent.