Darren Criss has grown closer than ever before to his Filipino heritage. The former Glee star portrays a half-Filipino director in upcoming series Hollywood and reveals he was thrilled to play a character with the same background. “I’ve been half-Filipino my whole life,” he tells People magazine. “But no one ever asked about it.
It’s tough, this idea of ‘white passing.’ It’s not even a term I heard of until the past two years. When people have a say in who you are – people you don’t even know – it makes you rethink what your balance is.
Something you’ve had down your whole life.” Criss’ mother was born in Cebu City in the Philippines and the actor shares he still struggles with how he’s viewed in the industry. “It’s a tricky cocktail in
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