Sherry Cola Details Her Full Circle Journey to Sundance

The comedic actress stars in Randall Park's directorial debut 'Shortcomings.'

In 2017, Cola auditioned for hip-hop improv game show “Wild ‘N Out” — and wasn’t cast. But last year — her career boosted by several seasons starring in “Good Trouble” — the show reached out to invite her on as a celebrity team captain. Cola hit up her friend Randall Park, an alum of the show, for advice.

“I hit him up and I say, ‘Randall, can you believe that I’m gonna be on ‘Wild ‘N’ now? What a full circle moment. It’s just so exciting.’ And then I said, ‘P.S. congrats on ‘Shortcomings.’ You’re gonna direct the hell out of it,’” Cola says. “He replies and says that I’m one of his top picks for one of the roles.”That coleading role was Alice, the gay best friend of slacker Ben, played by.

“There’s so many themes in this movie — growing apart, change, complacency and being stuck in your ways, finding where you belong. And I think that’s so relatable,” Cola says. “It felt nostalgic — this is a movie that should have existed in 1992. Because I so badly wish it existed.” She credits recent mainstream hits centering on Asian American stories like “Minari” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” for opening the possibility for a film like “Shortcomings” to exist. “Representation is so lacking for [AAPI characters], that we just simply need more,” she adds.

, directed by “Crazy Rich Asians” writer Adele Lim. “It’s a comedy. Think ‘Hangover.’ Think ‘Girls Trip,’” Cola says. “So also that first-of-its-kind energy.”

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