Adele Lim, who co-wrote the Crazy & Rich (2018) screenplay, exited the project due to a dispute with the studio over a pay disparity. She was reportedly paid less money than her male co-writer Peter Chiarelli, even though she was the more experienced of the two. In the ensuing controversy, the studio offered Lim a pay raise, but she still declined to return.
Will film both Crazy Rich Asians 2 : China Rich Girlfriend and Crazy Rich Asians 3: Rich People Problems at the same time.
Original Cast, busy with other projects, Dir. Jon M. Chu busy shooting In the Heights, Gemma Chan in The Eternals and Don't Worry Darling, Henry Golding with Last Christmas and Snake Eyes, Constance Wu in Wish Dragon and I Was a Simple Man, Awkwafina Raya in the Last Dragon and in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, etc.
Cast Brenda Song, the original Crazy Rich Asian in Disney's Suite Life as Colette Bing and Jamie Chung. Delaying the sequel co-writer Adele Lim has left the sequel over a pay disparity, $120,000 compared to $1.2 million to her co-writer Peter Chiarelli.