Squid Game breakout star Jung Hoyeon and Killing Eve actress Sandra Oh recently came together to discuss what it’s like being at the forefront of Korean-American representation.In a new instalment of Variety’s Actors on Actors conversation series, the two the actresses sat down to chat about the growing amount of Korean-American and Asian-American representation in the media during the past few years.“I think that we both feel like being here together, having this conversation and being shot together is very special – and I’m curious about your point of view,” said Oh, who was born to Korean immigrants in Canada. “This is a real change for us as Korean-Americans, and I’ve been always interested in the native Korean perspective.”The South Korean model-turned-actress the shared her view on what it’s like being a native Korean in media, specially following the success of Squid Game. “When I came to the US for campaigning for Squid Game, I met a lot of Asian-American people who said to me that ‘Oh, thank you for representing us.
Oh, we are so proud of you’,” Jung shared.“At the beginning, it was just [a happy feeling],” she added, but also wondered whether as an outside, if she is “allowed” to represent the Korean-American population. “But I also think about ‘I came from Korea, I lived in Korea almost my whole life – am I allowed to represent them?’”“I thought a lot about that, too, for you, and I just want to take that off of you.
Because it is a large responsibility that feels familiar to me,” shared Oh, who went on to add that she had only started to feel the change in Asian-American representation in 2019.“You are, in the image-making, a very important part for Asian-Americans,” Oh reassured Jung.
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