I wouldn't have guessed Wang.
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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A pile of dung by any other name would smell the same.............
I wouldn't have guessed Wang.
I never thought Hellboy was Asian... always thought he was a Hellian...you know son of satan type of character who rejected his dad born in hades that type of thing...
well, at least they didn’t try to remake The Wizard of Oz with a b...oh wait.
well, anyway, Annie was safe...oh wait
well, anyway, The Honeymooners stayed pure...oh wait
well, anyway, The Nutty professor is safe...oh wait
well, anyway, Omega man is still white...oh wait
well, anyway, Dr. Doolittle ...nope.
well, anyway, Shawshank Redemption stayed true to the book and kept Red as an Irishman...oh wait...
well, anyway, Nick Fury was true to it’s comic book ....oh wait
well, anyway, Hercules was played by a Greek...oh wait
well, anyway, Deadshot from Suicide Squad stayed half-hispanic... oh wait
oh never-mind !
She had a Wang and she got rid of it.
Seems to be standard fare now days.
"reared in California" - yes he was, snicker, snicker
I’ve got an old advertisement with him in it from the 1960s. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights.
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Actors have ALWAYS had to change their names, sometimes because their names were “ethnic”, and sometimes because their real names were eith boring or just plain dumb-sounding. Here are a few examples:
Reginald Kenneth Dwight = Elton John
Emma Samuelson = Emma Samms
Susan Abigail Tomalin = Susan Sarandon
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg = Jane Seymour
Michael Shalhoub = Omar Sharif
Carlos Irwin Estevez = Charlie Sheen
Ramon Estevez = Martin Sheen
Christian Michael Leonard Gainsborough = Christian Slater
Kevin Matthew Fowler = Kevin Spacey
More at:
http://www.famousnamechanges.net/html/actor/actors.htm
Chloe Wang is a funny name.
She is kinda pretty so guys would say they want to Wang her.... : )
Yeah change the name to Bennet and stop complaining about the millions you are making.
#4 Melvin Kaminsky changed his name : )
Anyone know to what?
Susan Sarandon didn’t change her name, she just married another actor named Chris Sarandon.
Mel Brooks——probably the greatest comedy writer/producer that the USA has ever produced.
Mel Brooks name is pronounced “Frankensteen”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxSIX3fmmo
I must be racist since I didn’t know she was Asian. Just thought she was a pretty young actress.
Those rom-coms with Doris Kappelhoff and Roy Scherer are classics!
They were full-on Oriental.
Chloe is slightly "exotic."
Depending on the make-up and the lighting, she can be Asian or not, and maybe the casting directors didn't want Asian for the roles she tried out for.
If they used their birth name of "Chan" it might confuse casting directors and audiences.
But "Wang" is a lot funnier a name than "Chan."
Yes, Arnold was a huge star - in the bodybuilding subculture. Do you have any idea how many weightlifters have tried to become movie stars? Many. Do you know how many ever made it as big in Hollywood as Arnold? None.
The point is... what’s in a name?
It’s all about the effort.
Marrying a Kennedy didn’t hurt......................
True. Although he was already a pretty big star by then - Terminator was released in 1984.
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