‘The Sympathizer’ Star Hoa Xuande Says Accurate Representation ‘Doesn’t Happen Overnight’
variety.comSelena Kuznikov “The Sympathizer” star Hoa Xuande had never heard of the nonprofit Gold House before he started working on projects in the U.S.
Growing up in Australia, he told Variety, he never thought there could be a group of people so passionate and dedicated to uplifting Asian and Pacific Islander communities as the nonprofit does. “It’s stepping stones.
It doesn’t happen overnight, and I think the industry is going the right way,” Xuande said of accurate representation for Asian and Pacific Islander communities in television and film. “We’ve still got a ways to go.
You keep telling these stories, but you can’t expect them to be a hit in one go. It takes time. And the more that people see these sorts of stories, the more that people will become accustomed.
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