Henry Golding addressed some of the hate he has received as a Malaysian-British actor in a new interview with Inverse. The actor spoke about his role in the new film “Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins”, with some social media users criticizing Golding’s casting because the original Snake Eyes was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white male.
Golding shared, “I feel like an outsider now. I wasn’t Asian enough for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’. I’m not white enough for ‘Snake Eyes’.
People can say what they want and have a minuscule view of the world. But we are global.” The star also spoke about some of the hate Simu Liu got after being cast as Marvel’s first Asian lead in the upcoming film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”.
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