Not all that unusual. Take this guy's name for instance:
"You can milk anything with nipples."
Posted on 08/31/2017 6:36:17 AM PDT by Ennis85
Chloe Bennet, who stars in TV series Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, has said she had to change her name from Chloe Wang in order to make it in Hollywood. The actress praised Ed Skrein for recently pulling out of Hellboy. His casting had been criticised for "whitewashing" the original character, who is of Asian heritage. She told an Instagram follower who queried her name change: "Hollywood is racist and wouldn't cast me with a last name that made them uncomfortable." "Changing my last name doesn't change the fact that my BLOOD is half Chinese, that I lived in China, speak Mandarin or that I was culturally raised both American and Chinese... It means I had to pay my rent." She added: "I'm doing everything I can, with the platform I have, to make sure no one has to change their name again, just so they can get work."
Chloe, who plays a secret agent, has previously explained how her name change led to a more successful career almost immediately. "Oh, the first audition I went on after I changed my name, I got booked," she told The Daily Beast last year. "So that's a pretty clear little snippet of how Hollywood works." The actress has since created RUN (Represent Us Now) a group which campaigns for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities to be better represented in Hollywood. She praised Skrein's decision earlier this week, saying: "DAMN, that's a man. Thank you @edskrein for standing up against Hollywood's continuous insensitivity and flippant behaviour towards the Asian American community.
"There is no way this decision came lightly on your part, so thank you for your bravery and genuinely impactful step forward. I hope this inspires other actors/film makers to do the sam. "Fellas, take note. That's how it's done."
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And yet Arnold Schwarzeneggar was undeterred. And became one of the biggest stars on the planet.
Schwarzeneggar had become a name outside of Hollywood before he got there...................
How many stars over the years have changed their names? Many in the past, especially, have adopted stage names.
I can’t think offhand of too many. John Wayne comes to mind.
The point is, if she’s making this to be bigoted against those with Chinese names, Hollywood has a history of people who have changed their names.
“His casting had been criticised for “whitewashing” the original character, who is of Asian heritage.”
But they are dying to make a movie with a black (and possibly homo) James Bond. They claim as Bond is a fictional character it shouldn’t matter who plays him. If that were true, why not leave him as a white Scotsman? And how does that affect this story? Hypocrisy, that’s how. Whitey does it: racist, oppressive, hateful. Darkie does it: brave, progressive, inclusive.
So then don’t change your name. 98% of Hollywood changes their name.
Hellboy is fictional. It doesn’t matter a bit who they use, because the character is FICTIONAL. But these same people want historical figures, i.e. Hamilton, to be changed to a downtrodden minority as a nod to PC culture.
Shut up and go act. That is what you are paid to do.
If she loves China so much, she can always go back. Nobody is forcing her to stay here.
For everybody who bitches about America, please go find another country which which has what you seek, which America lacks. Any of us are free to leave at any time. There is even a process to renounce your American citizenship, if you are so pissed off at America that you want to go that route. Go for it Chloe, go enjoy the people’s republic of China.
Well, Frances Ethel Gumm (Judy Garland) comes to mind.
So does Norma Jean Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe).
“Wang” is also a slang these days for a male body part.
And what about the play, Hamilton??? That dude specifically wanted an all-minority cast, to make his political statement.
That was historically inaccurate to do that.
But the liberals swooned over that dude, swooned over the concept of an all minority cast playing parts of historic figures who were white.
And what about the play, Hamilton??? That dude specifically wanted an all-minority cast, to make his political statement.
That was historically inaccurate to do that.
But the liberals swooned over that dude, swooned over the concept of an all minority cast playing parts of historic figures who were white.
But then you have a big star such as Jackie Chan, who became a big star with a stereotypical Chinese name. So go figure.
Maybe Chloe then will bitch about how he was accepted because he’s a man, and her real problem is what about alleged sexism in Hollywood.
This assclown thinks that she’s the first? How about the legions of Jews from the 30s-60s that had to change their names to something that sounded more WASPy than their birth names? I don’t think that they complained - I think that they were glad to have the opportunity, and having a stage name didn’t mean much.
You know, bitch, lots of people go through a lot of hardship to be able to do their jobs - Hell, even to be able to get a job interview. Years of school, underpaid internships, etc. - and you complain about a STAGE NAME? Dumb, spoiled, snowflake bitch.
I wouldn’t immediately dismiss her theory if she could answer this questions...
how did Ming-Na Wen get the job on the exact same show?
Not all that unusual. Take this guy's name for instance:
"You can milk anything with nipples."
“Hollywood is racist and wouldn’t cast me with a last name that made them uncomfortable.”
Just ask Jackie Chan, Bert Kwouk, Lucy Liu, John Cho, Sandra Oh, BD Wong, and Yun-Fat Chow.
Issur Danielovitch changed his name to Kirk Douglas.
So there we have it folks. Hollywood has a long history of name changes for various reasons. So what the heck is this Chloe girl really complaining about?
And why would she complain, if by doing so, she’s achieved success in her chosen career profession of acting?
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