Gemma Chan is opening up about one role in particular that has caused some backlash over some racially tone deaf moments.
The 38-year-old actress – who will be starring in November’s Marvel release, The Eternals – opened up about the role in question. Click inside to find out… In a new British Vogue piece, they stated, “In a 2010 episode of Sherlock set in Chinatown, she played a witheringly stereotypical damsel in distress.
Critics and fans accused it of being a racially tone-deaf exercise in orientalism, with Chan cast as the wilting lotus blossom.” Gemma responded, “Would I necessarily make the same choices now, if given the choice?
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