Couple revealing their past makes for ’The Big Sick’

[The Patriot]

Couple revealing their past makes for ’The Big Sick’

06-27-2017 09:13 AM

“The Big Sick” is the story of a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, not unlike the film’s star Kumail Nanjiani, who falls for a spunky woman from North Carolina, just like Nanjiani’s real-life wife Emily V. Gordon. The romantic comedy follows a storyline of how the pair meet-cute, face a deadly health issue and discover there’s no real obstacle big enough to stop two people in love. That’s both what happens in the film and what occurred in the life of the writers. But despite all the parallels, Nanjiani feels better describing the new movie as “being inspired” by their real story.


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