Domee Shi: Yeah. It was so awesome in that, we already had this built-in shorthand of talking about issues that a 13-year-old girl would deal with. Like a lot of us have like have had that experience.

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Domee Shi: Yeah. It was so awesome in that, we already had this built-in shorthand of talking about issues that a 13-year-old girl would deal with. Like a lot of us have like have had that experience.

DOMEE SHI: The inspiration for Turning Red came from my own life. I was Meilin, that dorky 13-year-old girl who struggled with being her mom’s perfect little daughter and dealing with her own ...