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Freeform has locked in the core cast for its drama pilot Aznbbgrl, set in Southern California’s Little Saigon community.

Cathy Bui, Kim Lynn Do and Jazelle Villanueva will play the lead roles of three Asian American teenagers in the coming-of-age story from writers Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant) and Dinh Thai (Wu-Tang: An American Saga). Quentin Nguyen-Duy, Alejandro Akara, Audrey Huynh and Cat Ly also star.

Aznbbgrl, from 20th Television, follows the three leads, who are driven by a desire to break free from generational expectations and carve out their own places in the world. They find escape and form a bond deeper than family when they become entangled with a street gang that offers them a way out.

Bui will play Anh, who’s focused on getting into a top college — a dream that’s derailed when she and her best...