Kate Aurthur editorDuring their conversation for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, presented by Amazon Studios, Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed talked intensely about such topics as the immigrant experience as reflected in “Minari,” how Ahmed learned sign language for “Sound of Metal” and the idea of “code switching” — how, as actors of Asian descent, they’ve been subjected to prejudice, both in the larger world and in the entertainment industry. “It helps you to survive,” Ahmed said of code switching. “It helped you become an actor with the tremendous range that you have, because you have to be the Korean version of yourself for home and the American version of yourself for high school.” Ahmed asked about how Yeun’s experience on the hugely.
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