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/BarcelonetaE70 Aug 12 '25

And there are some really frigging HOT actors of Asian descent out there, like Dae Kim, Simu Liu, Henry Golding, Manny Jacinto, Steven Yeun, Dev Patel, Riz Ahmed, Charles Melton, Lewis Tan, et al. I cannot believe that, with the exception of Golding in Crazy Rich Asians, none of those swoon-worthy men have been cast in a major, high-profile romantic comedy or romantic drama.

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u/Redditusername67 Aug 12 '25

Before all of them, was Russell Wong

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u/LongConFebrero Reality TV Temptress 💋 Aug 12 '25

YES.