‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Stars Dueled Over Epic Mahjong Showdown: ‘No One Was Giving in’

(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t seen “Crazy Rich Asians”)

“Crazy Rich Asians” is full of eccentric, over-the-top scenes and beautiful scenery, but ironically the hardest scene for director Jon M. Chu to shoot was one that might seem simple to moviegoers — the Mahjong showdown.

“It was the hardest because we knew it was the most important scene in the movie — we knew that these two trucks heading towards each other were going to make impact in this scene,” Chu told TheWrap. “Rachel (Constance Wu) and Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh) weren’t going to be moving, they were just going to be staring at each other, so the words were everything.