John Cho starred as the new Sulu in Star Trek, and was the first Asian American to take the lead in a Hollywood thriller.
Now busier than ever, he says the best way to tackle racial stereotypes is to laugh at themA telling snapshot from the young life of John Cho.
He is at college, majoring in English Literature when a drama company commandeers the campus theatre to mount a production of Woman Warrior, based on the best-selling memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston.
There is, however, a caveat.
In return for the use of the theatre the production company is required to cast a few college students.
Enter Cho, who scores a small role.
The die is cast.“It was the first time I met professional Asian actors,” Cho recalls.
“Frankly, I didn’t know they existed.
I guess I’d seen some Asians on television, but, in my head,
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