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‘Easter Sunday’ Star Tia Carrere Was Denied Roles For Being ‘Ethnic’

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Tia Carrere has starred in beloved projects like “Wayne’s World”, “True Lies”, “General Hospital” and “Lilo & Stitch” but her success did not come easy.

Carrere, born Althea Rae Duhinio Janair, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is of Spanish, Filipino and Chinese descent. The two-time Grammy winner opened up about how difficult the audition process in Hollywood has traditionally been for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) actors. “I came here and people were like, ‘What are you?

Chinese? Japanese?’ They didn’t even know Filipino. My hair was short, and I had to get a long-haired wig because I was only going to get these types of roles where I’d have to work on a Chinese accent,” Carrere told Variety. “Even when I was on ‘General Hospital’, I never had an interracial relationship.” READ MORE: Jo Koy Stars In ‘Easter Sunday’ Trailer About A Bickering Filipino-American Family  “I was in the Asian quarter with my Asian boyfriend, who’s also an Asian doctor.

When we left the Asian quarter, it was to go to the old country to help our people.” Carrere and Jo Koy are among those telling the story of a dysfunctional Filipino American family in the upcoming movie “Easter Sunday”.

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