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Anna Karenina is getting a multicultural reboot with Korean-American actress in the title role
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The TV adaptation of author Jenny Lee's upcoming YA novel Anna K is described as Gossip Girl and 13 Reasons Why meets Crazy Rich Asian, following a Korean-American "it" girl "caught between her picture-perfect, family-approved boyfriend and the guy who might just be her one true love, along with her high-flying cast of friends and family," according to Deadline.
TOPICS: Asian Americans and TV, Anna K, Jenny Lee, Diversity
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