15 things you should know about Kevin Kwan
15 things you should know about Kevin Kwan: . Thanks for watching, subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCStnChYQHsa2Uhl-y121BdQ?sub_confirmation=1 KEVIN Kwan at Salon De Ning. PHOTOS BY KIMBERLY DELA CRUZ Kevin Kwan is in Manila and, like anyone who has read his bestselling books “Crazy Rich Asians” and “China Rich Girlfriend,” we had a ton of questions for him. The New York-based author, who was born and raised in Singapore and who moved to the US when he was 11, has said that his novels, which explore the world of an outrageously wealthy clan, were partly inspired by his own upbringing. Naturally, this was question number one: how did his family react to the books? “A few of them have read my books. Just a few. A lot have not. I think, just because of the way my family is, there’s really no reaction, you know what I mean? They’re just silent,” he said, laughing. ADVERTISEMENT But Kevin’s fans haven’t been silent, spreading the gospel of his funny and fascinating books online and offline. The “Crazy Rich Asians” movie is in the works and more and more people are picking up the equally entertaining follow-up to his debut novel. Kevin’s fans in Manila (and there are a lot of them) will get the chance to meet him at book signing events at Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street and Alabang this weekend. But before that, we sat with Kevin at The Peninsula Manila’s Salon de Ning. Here are 15 things we discovered about him: “I was here in 1997 on vacation visiting a friend. I was spending the summer in Asia and my friend from New York was gonna be here. She has family in the Philippines so I came to visit her and we had an awesome awesome time. “I was in Palawan for five days and asbolutely loved it. I did a lot of snorkeling, I did a lot of kayaking. I love a lot of these outdoor water activities so you know, I did a lot of hikes and did a lot of island-hopping just to really see the amazing parts of Palawan. “It’s the best. Like, why that’s not done in other places, I don’t understand. We get it, Kevin. We love sinangag too. There was so much positivity and support and love coming from the Philippines that I just felt that I had to come and check it out to see if it was real or not or if it’s the same five people changing their names, he said, laughing. ADVERTISEMENT “It’s interesting. I mentioned that in passing in one interview and it’s funny how everyone’s sort of latched on to that ‘coz I couldn’t think of any other character… I think so, in many ways I still relate to him the most. I don’t relate to any of the new China Rich characters, that’s a whole different world. Seriously. Tyersall Park is real. That Sky Garage thing is real – Kevin even posted a link to a video on Facebook. “With casting, it has so little to do with what your actual dream is but also logistically, who’s available, who wants to be in the movie, there are all these deals that have to be made between agents and agencies and you have to use this actor… There are all these intricacies that I really am not a part of. I think it’s also unfair for me to say who I want or who I see as a character beca #15, #things, #should, #know, #about, #KevinKwan
15 things you should know about Kevin Kwan: . Thanks for watching, subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCStnChYQHsa2Uhl-y121BdQ?sub_confirmation=1 KEVIN Kwan at Salon De Ning. PHOTOS BY KIMBERLY DELA CRUZ Kevin Kwan is in Manila and, like anyone who has read his bestselling books “Crazy Rich Asians” and “China Rich Girlfriend,” we had a ton of questions for him. The New York-based author, who was born and raised in Singapore and who moved to the US when he was 11, has said that his novels, which explore the world of an outrageously wealthy clan, were partly inspired by his own upbringing. Naturally, this was question number one: how did his family react to the books? “A few of them have read my books. Just a few. A lot have not. I think, just because of the way my family is, there’s really no reaction, you know what I mean? They’re just silent,” he said, laughing. ADVERTISEMENT But Kevin’s fans haven’t been silent, spreading the gospel of his funny and fascinating books online and offline. The “Crazy Rich Asians” movie is in the works and more and more people are picking up the equally entertaining follow-up to his debut novel. Kevin’s fans in Manila (and there are a lot of them) will get the chance to meet him at book signing events at Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street and Alabang this weekend. But before that, we sat with Kevin at The Peninsula Manila’s Salon de Ning. Here are 15 things we discovered about him: “I was here in 1997 on vacation visiting a friend. I was spending the summer in Asia and my friend from New York was gonna be here. She has family in the Philippines so I came to visit her and we had an awesome awesome time. “I was in Palawan for five days and asbolutely loved it. I did a lot of snorkeling, I did a lot of kayaking. I love a lot of these outdoor water activities so you know, I did a lot of hikes and did a lot of island-hopping just to really see the amazing parts of Palawan. “It’s the best. Like, why that’s not done in other places, I don’t understand. We get it, Kevin. We love sinangag too. There was so much positivity and support and love coming from the Philippines that I just felt that I had to come and check it out to see if it was real or not or if it’s the same five people changing their names, he said, laughing. ADVERTISEMENT “It’s interesting. I mentioned that in passing in one interview and it’s funny how everyone’s sort of latched on to that ‘coz I couldn’t think of any other character… I think so, in many ways I still relate to him the most. I don’t relate to any of the new China Rich characters, that’s a whole different world. Seriously. Tyersall Park is real. That Sky Garage thing is real – Kevin even posted a link to a video on Facebook. “With casting, it has so little to do with what your actual dream is but also logistically, who’s available, who wants to be in the movie, there are all these deals that have to be made between agents and agencies and you have to use this actor… There are all these intricacies that I really am not a part of. I think it’s also unfair for me to say who I want or who I see as a character beca #15, #things, #should, #know, #about, #KevinKwan