Everything Everywhere All at Once star Stephanie Hsu has made her mark on the leisure business over the previous few years — however her success has include some highs and lows.
While reflecting on her expertise in Hollywood with the New York Times, Stephanie revealed that she has been mistaken for fellow actor Lana Condor at instances.
“This industry is weird,” she stated. “You have moments like [being recognized by] Steve Buscemi, and then you also have moments where you walk on a carpet and people are like, ‘Lana Condor, Lana Condor!'”
Although it solely occurred as soon as at an occasion, the expertise left a mark on Stephanie, who’s Chinese whereas Lana is Vietnamese.
“It was just once, but it was very pronounced,” Stephanie shared.
“In everybody’s defense, my mom also thinks I look like Lana Condor,” Stephanie continued. “She sent me a picture of Lana Condor a year ago and was like, ‘You look like this woman.'”
While everybody does have their doppelgängers, Stephanie’s expertise additionally says one thing concerning the notion of Asian individuals in leisure.
Stephanie added that shortly after being confused for Lana, one other incident occurred at a separate occasion the place individuals assumed her publicist was in Everything Everywhere All at Once simply because they had been Asian.
“After the Lana Condor thing happened, we were at a screening in New York, and a bunch of people kept going up to my publicist and the Daniels’ publicist, who are both Asian, and they were like, ‘Congratulations, your performance is incredible.’ And they were like, ‘Huh?'” Stephanie stated.
And whereas Stephanie says rather a lot has modified within the therapy of Asian actors in Hollywood through the years, there appears to be a methods to go.
You can learn all that Stephanie needed to say right here.