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Remember Carmen Soo? She's in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' too

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/08/08/20180808_carmen_soo.jpg"/><figcaption>Carmen Soo attends the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures&#x27; &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians&#x27; at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, California. <em>Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images/AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Aside from the high-profile participation of Kris Aquino in &quot;Crazy Rich Asians&quot; -- at least to the Filipino audience -- another actress familiar to Kapamilya viewers also appears in the Hollywood film about navigating the world of Asia&#x27;s ultra-rich.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/08/18/look-kris-in-hollywood-for-crazy-rich-asians-premiere">LOOK: Kris in Hollywood for &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians&#x27; premiere</a></li></ul><p>Malaysian actress Carmen Soo, who starred opposite Jericho Rosales in the primetime teleserye &quot;Kahit Isang Saglit&quot; in 2008, took to Instagram Wednesday to share a series of behind-the-scenes photos of &quot;Crazy Rich Asians,&quot; in time for the film&#x27;s premiere.</p><p>Soo, 40, also attended the star-studded event in Hollywood, California.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl-eyGFBn9E/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:56.06481481481481% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl-eyGFBn9E/?utm_source=ig_embed" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Carmen Soo (@carmen_soo)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-02T12:19:43+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 2, 2018 at 5:19am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_us/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmC8K6whEi6/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmC8K6whEi6/?utm_source=ig_embed" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Carmen Soo (@carmen_soo)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-04T05:53:29+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 3, 2018 at 10:53pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_us/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmMeoYNlbKs/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:37.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmMeoYNlbKs/?utm_source=ig_embed" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Carmen Soo (@carmen_soo)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-07T22:47:46+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 7, 2018 at 3:47pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_us/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmJRQx_h2Ha/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 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2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.101851851851855% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmFZR99B15A/?utm_source=ig_embed" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Carmen Soo (@carmen_soo)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-05T04:46:20+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 4, 2018 at 9:46pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_us/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Carmen Soo shares behind-the-scenes photos of &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians.&#x27; <cite>Instagram/@carmen_soo</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Carmen Soo shares behind-the-scenes photos of &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians.&#x27; <cite>Instagram/@carmen_soo</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Carmen Soo shares behind-the-scenes photos of &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians.&#x27; <cite>Instagram/@carmen_soo</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Carmen Soo shares behind-the-scenes photos of &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians.&#x27; <cite>Instagram/@carmen_soo</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Carmen Soo shares behind-the-scenes photos of &#x27;Crazy Rich Asians.&#x27; <cite>Instagram/@carmen_soo</cite></p></div></div></div><p>In her Instagram posts, Soo is seen posing with &quot;Crazy Rich Asians&quot; cast members, notably lead stars Constance Wu and Henry Golding. Wu portrays Rachel, who discovers her boyfriend, Nick (Golding), belongs to the richest of the rich of Singapore just before their wedding.</p><p>Soo did not specify her character, but IMDb&#x27;s comprehensive cast listing reveals she portrays Francesca Shaw in the film. In the Kevin Kwan book, from which the Warner Bros. production was adapted, Francesca is described as the vain, snobbish, and socialite ex-girlfriend of Nick, who dislikes Rachel. She&#x27;s also the heiress of her family&#x27;s company, Shaw Foods.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZQ-YX-5bAs0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;Crazy Rich Asians&quot; is billed as a historic film, as it&#x27;s the first Hollywood studio movie that features an all-Asian cast in 25 years. It hits Philippine cinemas August 22.</p>

<p>Aside from the high-profile participation of Kris Aquino in "Crazy Rich Asians," at least to the Filipino audience, another actress familiar to Kapamilya viewers also appears in the Hollywood film about navigating the world of Asia's ultra-rich.</p>

Aside from the high-profile participation of Kris Aquino in "Crazy Rich Asians," at least to the Filipino audience, another actress familiar to Kapamilya viewers also appears in the Hollywood film about navigating the world of Asia's ultra-rich.