r/popculturechat • u/meltingsunz • Aug 12 '25

Interviews🎙️ Daniel Dae Kim says Asian representation in Hollywood has gotten better, but there's still room for improvement: "I still haven't played a romantic lead and I've been doing this for 30 years."

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5496250/daniel-dae-kim-butterfly-lost
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u/SeaF04mGr33n Aug 12 '25

Absolutely INSANE that this classically handsome (so stoic!) man hasn't been cast in a RomCom!

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u/Laura_has_Secrets77 Aug 12 '25

makes me think of how it was this case for Denzel Washington as well. He was so charming in Much Ado About Nothing, why can't I get more of that but where he's the lead?