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Two very different Fox shows each persevered against all odds to make it to air. The comedy Welcome to Flatch survived the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and the drama The Cleaning Lady adapted its story when they cast Élodie Yung. Talent from each show spoke on a panel for Deadline’s Contenders TV on Saturday.
The Cleaning Lady creator Miranda Kwok said she imagined her show would end up on cable. The show stars Yung as Thony, a Cambodian doctor who has to work as a maid in the U.S. Thony gets embroiled in a life of crime to provide for her son.
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“Originally I thought I would pitch this to cable and streaming because that’s where stories like this normally land,” Kwok said. “Warner Bros. said, ‘Let’s try network first because there’s a greater appetite for diverse stories.’ Fox was actually the first network we pitched. They scooped it up immediately and, again, embraced that it was a Southeast Asian character.”
Yung is half Cambodian and half French. She said the original role was written as a woman from the Phiippines. Yung said Kwok and the producers of The Cleaning Lady adapted the role to suit her.
“It’s the first time as a person, as an actress, I feel like I’m completely seen,” Yung said. “We had a lot of conversations to make it authentic. To have for the first time on broadcast TV, a lead character that is Cambodian, really it felt like I’m seen fully. It’s part of my roots. I’m also French but I feel like I have a little banner and I’m proud of that.”
Fox has renewed The Cleaning Lady for a second season. Kwok promises to push Thony into more moral gray areas.
“We’re definitely going to see a lot more grays with Thony and challenge her some more,” Kwok said. “A lot of
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