According to a recent study from , Asian Pacific Islander (API) representation in movies reached nearly 20% in 2022 — a significant increase from 3% in 2000 — but only 3% of that came from films produced in the US. Likewise, the researchers found that over two-thirds of API consumers find the available onscreen representation unsatisfyingly inauthentic. Here are 27 celebs who spoke out about AAPI representation in Hollywood: 1.
In 2021, told , "Representation in TV and media is so important. And I'm so glad that I can hopefully be an example for a little Asian girl out there, that they can do anything that they set their mind to." 2.
In 2018, told , "When I got the script for , I remember I was walking around in Brooklyn, and I was on my phone with my agent, Nancy. I was quickly scrolling down the script, and I can't really tell you what I was looking for. So I'm like, 'So Nancy, I don't understand, what's the part?' And Nancy goes, 'Sweetheart, it's Eve, it's Eve.
' In that moment, I did not assume the offer was for Eve. I think about that moment a lot. Of just going, how deep have I internalized this? [So] many years of being seen [a certain way], it deeply, deeply, deeply affects us.
It's like, how does racism define your work? Oh my goodness, I didn't even assume when being offered something that I would be one of the central storytellers." 3. In 2021, told , "I can be someone I didn't have as a kid.
..I loved comics as a kid, I loved superheroes, but I really didn't se.
