Randall Park is mainly known for his roles in shows like Fresh Off the Boat, WandaVision, and now Young Rock. He’s also directed a bit, mostly shorts and an episode of Fresh Off the Boat. Now, he’s stepping behind the camera to direct Shortcomings. The film is based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine who is the executive producer and screenwriter of the adaptation.

Shortcomings was originally released in 2007 after being serialized in issues #9 to #11 of Tomine’s Optic Nerve. The graphic novel is about a young Asian-American male in American society.

Ben Tanaka, the story’s protagonist, lives in Berkeley, California with his politically active girlfriend Miko Hayashi. Ben is uninterested in Miko’s participation in the Asian-American cultural community, but he possesses a wandering eye—specifically for Caucasian women. When Miko begins to resent what she interprets as a rejection of both her Asian heritage and of herself, she moves to New York, at which point Ben disastrously attempts to pursue the type of woman he feels he really wants.