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‘Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens’ Star BD Wong Was Told ‘Asian People Aren’t Funny’ Early in His Career
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variety.comEarly on his career, BD Wong wasn’t allowed to “be funny.” “I grew up as a young actor feeling like casting directors and producers would say to us, a way’s back, ‘Asian people are not funny,’” Wong said during a live interview on the “Variety After-Show,” streamed via Variety’s Instagram, getting emotional. “They would — I’m gonna cry by saying it.
This is a thing that would happen. And we had, for many years, a reputation of not being able to break through that misnomer.” Consider it broken.
As Awkwafina’s generously coiffed dad Wally in “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens,” Wong is part of an all-star, multi-generational comedic cast that includes Awkwafina in the title role of Nora, Lori Tan Chinn as Nora’s grandmother and “Saturday Night
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