Jun Che, Sean Kaufman, Fala Chen, Leah Dou & Kheng Hua Tan Join FX Crime Drama Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: FX has added five to the cast of its untitled crime drama pilot from writer-EPs Charles Yu and Julia Cho: Jun Che (The Fall of the House of Usher), Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Fala Chen (Ballad of a Small Player), Leah Dou (Bipolar) and Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians).

The actors join the previously announced Havana Rose Liu; there’s no word yet on their roles.

Developed from an original story by Wong Kar Wai, who exec produces, the pilot revolves around a petty criminal who inherits a share in a mysterious and powerful corporation. She then vaults into a world of unimaginable wealth but also constant danger from a ruthless elite who sees her as the ultimate threat. The pilot comes from FX Productions and Searchlight Television and just began shooting in Bangkok.

Fresh off a pair of Emmy wins for the hit Apple series Widow’s Bay, where he’s director-EP, Hiro Murai directs. Co-writers Yu and Cho exec produce alongside Murai, Carver Karaszewski, Claudia Shin, Kate Dean, Paul Schwartzman and Wong.

Che, formerly Daniel Jun, is a Korean Canadian actor who’s been seen on shows like Doc (Fox), The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix) and American Gods (Starz). A former ROKMC marine, as well as a graduate of McGill University and an alumnus of the CFC Actors Conservatory, he began his career as a professional dancer, performing with Cirque du Soleil and Canadian street dance collective Symbiotic Monsters, before transitioning to acting. He is repped by Artium Talent and The Characters Talent Agency.

Kaufman broke out with his role of Steven in the hit Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty and will return for the upcoming film continuation. Most recently seen on Apple’s For All Mankind, he stars opposite Matt Damon in Daniels’ untitled film for Universal, releasing next November, and will soon begin production on Siân Heder’s Paramount film adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin’s bestseller Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. He is repped by CESD Talent Agency, Untitled and Adam Cooper from Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Chen recently appeared opposite Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton in Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player and debuted Bloodline, a short film she wrote and directed, at TIFF. Her body of work also includes Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, HBO/A24’s Irma Vep, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and HBO’s The Undoing. She is repped by UTA, Anonymous Content and JSSK.

Dou is a Chinese singer-songwriter, music producer and actress whose film and TV credits include Bipolar (只是⼀次偶然的旅⾏), the series Her (她的⽣存之道), for which she won Best New Actress at the Busan Streaming Festival’s Global OTT Awards, and The Eleventh Chapter (第⼗⼀回), for which she received the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Beijing Film Festival. She is repped by Grey Waters Limited.

Tan is best known for her scene-stealing performance as Constance Wu’s mother, Kerry Chu, in the groundbreaking Warner Bros.’ hit Crazy Rich Asians. Other credits include the CW series Kung Fu, Netflix’s Marco Polo and Paramount+’s animated feature The Tiger’s Apprentice, to name a few. She is repped by Arise Artists Agency and Zero Gravity Management.