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A Leading Man is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 26 september 2014 with Heather Mazur
A Leading Man (2014)
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Add to a movie listA Leading Man is an 2013 American drama film written and directed by Steven J. Kung as his feature film debut, starring Jack Yang, Heather Mazur, and Tsai Chin. The film is distributed by Mance Media, and premiered on October 17, 2013 at the 33rd Hawaii International Film Festival. The film had theatrical release at the Music Hall theater in Beverly Hills, California on September 26, 2014.
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GQ Qi (Jack Yang) finally makes it big playing a coveted role on a television sitcom. Everyone is happy for him – the network, his mother, his best friend – everyone except GQ himself. He is stuck playing an offensive stereotype. The day he decides to speak up for himself on set, the executive producer fires him. To salvage his career, he starts dating A-list casting director Rachel Cohen (Heather Mazur); work and love soon become intertwined.Actors
Heather Mazur
(Rachel Cohen)
Tsai Chin
(Grandma Mei An)
Kate Miner
(Whitney Lake)
Isidora Goreshter
(Morgan Tucker)
Coby Ryan McLaughlin
(Larry Bentley)
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