Need help with characterization/AU!
Hi!! I want to rewrite The Wedding Date (2005) to be less lame, and also just more fun. A big part of that movie is the fact that the main male character is an escort. I don't really want to do a fic set in the past, because I feel like I'd be more liable to fall into harmful stereotypes, or be perpetuating those stereotypes unknowingly, because I admittedly do not know much about that industry, because of various cultural taboos. On the other hand, I know that technology entering the industry has changed a lot, so I'm worried about balancing suspension of disbelief (ie similar enough to reality to be plausible but not overly specific).
I might just be thinking too much about all this; it is fanfiction after all, so there's inherent liberty, but I just want to do the topic justice since that's a lot of my problem with the movie.
Please share your thoughts or whatever opinions/experiences you have! I'm really just looking to get an idea of the discourse/community thoughts surrounding this to better inform my approach.