For “Interior Chinatown” star Jimmy O. Yang, playing an invisible Chinatown extra in the new series hit close to home. “Interior Chinatown,” based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name by Charles Yu, is technically a show within a show. His character, Willis, sneaks into “Black and White” by disguising himself as the tech guy and the Chinese food deliveryman, using these stereotypes to his advantage. Though Willis learns to jump between the worlds of “Black and White” and Chinatown, Fatty stubbornly refuses to leave the Chinese restaurant where the two friends work. “We were really strategic with when to highlight the fact that I came from both worlds,” Bennet said.

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Persons: Jimmy O, Yang, Willis Wu, Charles Yu, — Yang, Chloe Bennet, Ronny Chieng —, Willis, ” Yang, “, “ We’re, ”, Fatty Choi, Fatty, ” Chieng, Mike Taing, Lana Lee, Bennet, ” Lee, Lana, ” Bennet, “ Lana, Charlie, Yu Organizations: Hulu, Chinatown Locations: “, Chinatown, America, Hulu