There’s history in the fantasy
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai delivers Gizmo, of course, but there’s also a monster-of-the-week element for the show that introduces creatures from Chinese mythology that Sam must protect his new friend from (or the other way around). “Tze Chun, being the writer and director-producer, he was able to make sure that historically these characters and the mythology of all these monsters or or ghosts are authentic to what I grew up with,” explained Ming-Na Wen, who stars as Fong Wing, Sam’s mother.
Added BD Wong, who voices Sam’s dad Hon Wing, “I want to give Tze credit for all of that wonderful work that he did to make that show actually not arbitrary for these Chinese ghosts or mythological beings—that it comes from something, it’s researched in a way. And it’s not absolutely to the letter authentic, but it’s inspired by something that’s culturally true. That feels deeper to us than it would be if it was just kind of making up monsters and stuff like that.”
