Director Alexander Payne, Screenwriter Jim Taylor, and Star Hong Chau Talk ‘Downsizing’
by Rocio Vidal | December 21, 2017 Director Alexander Payne known for comedy-dramas like “Sideways,” “The Descendants” and “Nebraska,” goes big with Downsizing in this character-driven satire that goes against Hollywood’s standards of what a lead actress in a big Hollywood studio movie should be, making an immigrant Asian and disabled woman, Ngoc Lan Tran played by Hong Chau, the romantic interest of the lead character Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and the force majeure that drove the whole movie.