I know he's Korean, but let's call a spade a spade and admit that the majority of the American (Western) viewing audience won't know the difference. People still confuse Chinese and Japanese culture all the time; Korea still doesn't rate as anything more than China's Carribbean in the eyes of the American public.
Hollywood has made major bank on Asian actors in the past (Jackie Chan and Jet Li, as referenced before). They would be lying through their teeth to say it wouldn't be a lucrative casting choice.
And, John Cho is free to create love-children with me at anytime. Just saying.
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Re: WTF.
Date: 2011-04-23 01:43 am (UTC)Hollywood has made major bank on Asian actors in the past (Jackie Chan and Jet Li, as referenced before). They would be lying through their teeth to say it wouldn't be a lucrative casting choice.
And, John Cho is free to create love-children with me at anytime. Just saying.