Fe
She's on the moon, waiting for her one and only
true love.
[smack, frog ribbits] Ah!
It's just a silly myth.
Fei Fei:
It's real, right papa?
Ah...
Over the Moon
animated film about a young girl who builds
a rocket to fly over the moon.
I'm so excited to talk to Cathy Ang
about her character, Fei Fei,
to learn more about this movie and to discuss
some of the snacks that you'll spot in the film like boba tea!
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Tell me about your character, Fei Fei.
Fei Fei is a young Chinese girl who loves science
and especially space exploration,
and she also loves the tale of Chang'e,
which is a famous tale in Chinese folklore about
this goddess who, about the moon goddess
who is separated from her lover and is on, lives on the moon
waiting for him forever.
Um, and she decides to build a rocket to the moon
in this movie, to find Chang'e and prove,
basically that eternal love exists.
So she's incredible.
I mean, she's a rocket scientist at 12 years old,
and she's, she's so determined, she never gives up,
and, you know, it's all motivated by love.
She actually, she can be kind of stubborn at times,
and, you know, she's also really silly.
but everything, everything about her is motivated by love.
So she's amazing.
♪ I'm going to be there soon ♪
♪ in my visit to the moon ♪
Fei Fei: I did it! [splat, screams]
This movie is getting a lot of attention,
since it's an all Asian cast, which is super cool.
What is your Asian heritage?
I'm Chinese, Filipino.
So, on both sides, of my mom and my dad,
they have Chinese and Filipino blood.
Now, I feel like I have, definitely a big mix.
I went to Chinese school when I was young,
but we also celebrated--
They also, like, because they grew up in the Philippines,
They also brought a lot of Filipino culture
to our upbringing
and I feel like they gave me a lot of roots to hang on to,
which is amazing.
What does this movie mean to you as an Asian person?
I mean, it means the world to me.
I think, when I was growing up,
thing on screen for me to see
because I could kind of see myself in her
and I wanted to be like her more than anything,
and I think being able to put a movie like this
out into the world right now is very exciting because,
number one, it's just I'm getting to share,
you know, a part of my heritage
and I hope that the rest of the world gets curious about it
or finds ways to connect to it,
and I think that, I think that AAPI kids
are going to see themselves in these characters
and feel the rest of the world celebrating them.
Oh, oh!
Hi, I'm Gobi. What's your name?
I'm Fei Fei.
I'm keeping these sweet moon pants. Dig it.
Eh-heh.
I have some fun
would you rather questions.
So first, would you rather eat moon cakes as your only dessert
for the rest of your life, or would you rather
drink boba tea as your only beverage
for the rest of your life?
Oh, I'd drink bubble tea.
I grew up drinking pearl milk tea all the time.
Alexia:
Boba tea is a tea based drink with tapioca pearls.
It originated in Taiwan in the 80s and you might know it by
some other names like tapioca, pearl tea or bubble tea.
What's your favourite flavour of boba tea?
Ah, oolong tea with, um, with silk foam.
Ah, yeah. So, it's like. It's like, it's,
it's specifically from my hometown.
There's one shop that just like has the best tea leaves
and so I, like, I would have that pretty much
every three days.
It was bad, but I couldn't help myself.
Would you rather have Bunjee or Jade as a pet?
Bunjee. Absolutely Bunjee.
She's so cute and she's also like,
I mean, she's very loyal and pretty awesome.
This mission's about to get bumpy.
Man:
Don't be such a chicken.
[screams]
I got my boba tea, I got my moon cakes,
but wait, something's missing.
Popcorn!
Over the Moon
If you check it out, make sure to email me
at cbckidsnews@cbc.ca
and while you're at it, tell me your favourite flavour
of boba tea.
Personally, I'm a passion fruit girl.
[pop]
Thanks for watching!
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