Action star Donnie Yen has revealed in a brand new interview that he had his function within the upcoming John Wick: Chapter 4 modified after he referred to as out its script for feeding into Asian stereotypes.
Speaking to GQ in a current interview, Yen shared that regardless of being a giant title with a large performing vary, his roles in Hollywood have been restricted to the occasional motion spot and that he has been typecast very like different Asian actors.
Speaking on his most up-to-date incident with typecasting, Yen revealed that he had his function in John Wick: Chapter 4 altered after he observed a number of Asian stereotypes hooked up to his character. In the upcoming movie, Yen performs an murderer named Caine who was reportedly first named “Shang or Chang”.
Yen would go on to say: “Why does he always have to be called Shang or Chang? Why can’t he have a normal name? Why do you have to be so generic? Then the wardrobe again – oh, mandarin collars. Why is everything so generic? This is a John Wick movie. Everybody’s supposed to be cool and fashionable. Why can’t he look cool and fashionable?”
Yen would finally converse to the movie’s director Chad Stahelski and get the look and title of his character modified.
Before John Wick, Yen skilled the identical type of typecasting in his function as Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. “One thing I pointed out is he was a stereotype. Typical master. Doesn’t smile,” Yen stated to GQ, revealed that he advised making the character blind and gave him a way of humour.
John Wick: Chapter 4 stars Keanu Reeves within the titular function alongside Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins and extra. The movie is ready to launch on March 24.