The actor asked: “Why does he always have to be called Shang or Chang?”
Actor Donnie Yen has opened up about the Asian stereotypes he’s constantly encountered in Hollywood over the years.
Speaking withGQ, Yen gave an example of this typecasting with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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More recently, Yen fought back against similar issues with John Wick: Chapter 4.
He plays the assassin Caine in the upcoming film, but that wasn’t the character’s original name.
“The name was Shang or Chang,” he said.
“Why does he always have to be called Shang or Chang?
“Why can’t he have a normal name?
Why do you have to be so generic?
Then the wardrobe again–oh, mandarin collars.
Why is everything so generic?
This is a John Wick movie.
Everybody’s supposed to be cool and fashionable.
Why can’t he look cool and fashionable?”
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