Although some could query his priorities, when it comes the start of his fifth baby and doing publicity for his blockbuster musical “Depraved,” Jon M. Chu can deal with two issues on the identical time. This previous Saturday, forward of the movie‘s Los Angeles premiere and amidst a number of guild and press screenings occurring round city, Chu had one other merchandise added to his to-do listing when his spouse, Kristen Hodges, woke him to share that her water had simply damaged. At one such screening held on the Director’s Guild of America, Chu relayed the story to the gang and moderator, Academy Award-nominated director Lee Daniels.
“Truthfully, that’s true, right now’s our premiere in Downtown, so I had my complete household come they usually’re all at this resort, [my wife’s] household and my household. And we’re about to have our fifth baby and we’ve finished press for the final two days,” mentioned Chu. “Final night time we have been right here at like 10 o’clock at night time, 10:30. At three within the morning, I get a bit nudge from my spouse. She’s like, I believe my water broke. I imply, this is sort of a romantic comedy of the nineties or one thing the place, like, I’ve my tux that’s all customized for the night time. The entire forged is there. I can see the purple carpet outdoors my window. I’m like, that is so lovely. I waited years and years for this.”
Regardless of his spouse being within the hospital supply room on the time, ready to offer start, Chu knew Daniels had travelled all the best way from Palm Springs to average this Q&A and couldn’t miss out on talking with him. Fortunately, Chu was capable of finding a brief window to depart his spouse with out lacking any main second.
“I’m there on the hospital and that’s once I was like, I believe we don’t know what’s gonna occur and once we’re there and I felt so unhealthy as a result of for Lee to do that is simply such an honor and I understand how a lot time it takes,” mentioned Chu. “So then I requested her — she’s truly in early labor is what they informed me about an hour and a half in the past and we’ve to offer her some medication that lasts about three hours, so she will be able to’t give start for 3 hours — I used to be like, that’s an incredible window proper now, babe, I’ll be proper again. Is that okay? So I simply placed on no matter I’ve. I’ve my hospital sticker, I’m right here.”
Although he was in a position to be a part of the gang on the DGA for a couple of minutes, sadly Chu needed to miss the “Depraved” premiere. He did, nonetheless, ship in a video message from the hospital that performed in entrance of the viewers on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion earlier than the movie started. Chu additionally managed to point out up afterwards, seemingly after his and Hodge’s daughter, Stevie Sky Chu, had been born.
Further reporting by Alison Foreman.
Common Photos releases “Depraved” in theaters on November 22.