Lack of Asian actors in American cinema?

*CyberCubed* · 05-22-2014, 01:24 PM

So I've been thinking about the lack of Asian actors in mainstream movies aside from the obvious Kung-fu flicks. With the exception of Jackie Chan, Sulu from Star Trek and a few others, I can't think of many Asian actors in big American movies.

Seeing Pacific Rim with the Asian woman and some Godzilla movies made me realize how little Asian actors there are in the other movies I watch. Shredder being whitewashed into Eric Sachs instead of being Japanese makes this even more obvious. Well there was also the guy who played Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat movie 20 years ago.

Does anyone else notice this? In the Marvel movies as well.

05-22-2014, 01:24 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,881	Lack of Asian actors in American cinema? So I've been thinking about the lack of Asian actors in mainstream movies aside from the obvious Kung-fu flicks. With the exception of Jackie Chan, Sulu from Star Trek and a few others, I can't think of many Asian actors in big American movies. Seeing Pacific Rim with the Asian woman and some Godzilla movies made me realize how little Asian actors there are in the other movies I watch. Shredder being whitewashed into Eric Sachs instead of being Japanese makes this even more obvious. Well there was also the guy who played Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat movie 20 years ago. Does anyone else notice this? In the Marvel movies as well.