{"id":75600,"date":"2023-03-02T06:07:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T06:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/donnie-yen-called-out-original-john-wick-4-script-for-asian-stereotypes\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T06:07:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T06:07:17","slug":"donnie-yen-referred-to-as-out-unique-john-wick-4-script-for-asian-stereotypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/donnie-yen-referred-to-as-out-unique-john-wick-4-script-for-asian-stereotypes\/","title":{"rendered":"Donnie Yen referred to as out unique &#8216;John Wick 4&#8217; script for Asian stereotypes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_95\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Action star Donnie Yen has revealed in a brand new interview that he had his function within the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/john-wick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em><\/a> modified after he referred to as out its script for feeding into Asian stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/gq-hype-donnie-yen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>GQ<\/em><\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his most up-to-date incident with typecasting, Yen revealed that he had his function in <em>John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em> 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 \u201cShang or Chang\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Yen would go on to say: \u201cWhy does he always have to be called Shang or Chang? Why can\u2019t he have a normal name? Why do you have to be so generic? Then the wardrobe again \u2013 oh, mandarin collars. Why is everything <em>so generic<\/em>? This is a\u00a0<em>John Wick<\/em> movie. Everybody\u2019s supposed to be cool and fashionable. Why can\u2019t he look cool and fashionable?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yen would finally converse to the movie\u2019s director Chad Stahelski and get the look and title of his character modified.<\/p>\n<p>Before <em>John Wick<\/em>, Yen skilled the identical type of typecasting in his function as Chirrut \u00cemwe in <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars<\/em> <em>Story<\/em>. \u201cOne thing I pointed out is he was a stereotype. Typical master. Doesn\u2019t smile,\u201d Yen stated to <em>GQ<\/em>, revealed that he advised making the character blind and gave him a way of humour.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em> stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/keanu-reeves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> within the titular function alongside Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd, Laurence Fishburne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/rina-sawayama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rina Sawayama<\/a>, Scott Adkins and extra. 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