--- ---  # Ali Wong and Randall Park Want to Create the Romantic Comedy We Need  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 26, 2016 9:27 PM UTC  Randall Park and actress Ali Wong arrive for CAPE's 20th Anniversary Gala held at Union Station on November 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) Randall Park and actress Ali Wong arrive for CAPE's 20th Anniversary Gala held at Union Station on November 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 26, 2016 9:27 PM UTC In case you missed this vitally important tidbit tucked away in Ali Wong’s truly enjoyable [_New Yorker_](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/03/ali-wongs-radical-raunch)profile, the kind folks at [_Vulture_](http://www.vulture.com/2016/09/ali-wong-and-randall-park-want-to-make-a-rom-com.html?mid=twitter%5Fvulture) have highlighted it — apparently, the pithy _Baby Cobra_ comedian and comedy actor Randall Park want to make a romantic comedy together. According to Wong, the pair have been talking about making this rom-com for years, which she called “our version of _When Harry Met Sally,_” which sounds like a dream come true — and a welcome change for a genre in need of [more diversity](http://time.com/4499172/emmy-awards-2016-winners-diversity/). Park and Wong have known each other for years (she participated in a comedy-and-theatre group that he co-founded; he would stay on her couch when he performed in her hometown of San Francisco) and currently work together on [_Fresh Off the Boat_](http://time.com/3696111/fresh-off-the-boat-constance-wu/), where she writes and he acts. Fingers crossed that this project becomes a reality. Ali Wong and Randall Park Want to Make a Romantic Comedy ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4508464/ali-wong-randall-park-rom-com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4508464/ali-wong-randall-park-rom-com/"},"headline":"Ali Wong and Randall Park Want to Create the Romantic Comedy We Need","datePublished":"2016-09-26T21:27:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:00.605Z","description":"Be still our hearts!","url":"https://time.com/4508464/ali-wong-randall-park-rom-com/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbf7a61400238359/6988a78f656a3f40acbcd3f5/ali-wong-randall-park-romantic-comedy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbf7a61400238359/6988a78f656a3f40acbcd3f5/ali-wong-randall-park-romantic-comedy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CAPE's 20th Anniversary Gala - Arrivals","caption":"CAPE's 20th Anniversary Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4508464/ali-wong-randall-park-rom-com/","name":"Ali Wong and Randall Park Want to Create the Romantic Comedy We Need"}}]}] ```