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6 de may. de 2024 · Gedde Watanabe Didn't Think His 'Sixteen Candles' Role Was Racist During Filming. This weekend marked 40 years since the release of John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles. In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Gedde Watanabe reflected on playing Chinese exchange student, Long Duk Dong. The actor, now 68, reveals that he wasn’t initially aware his ...
Long Duk Dong. Long Duk Dong is a fictional character who appears in Sixteen Candles, a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. Played by Japanese American actor Gedde Watanabe, the character is a Chinese foreign exchange student and a supporting character in the film set at a US suburban high school.
Gedde Watanabe, known for his role as Long Duk Dong in the 1984 film “Sixteen Candles,” has admitted to initially not realizing how his character perpetuated Asian stereotypes. Watanabe, now ...
ゲディ・ワタナベ（Gedde Watanabe、1955年 6月26日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国 ユタ州生まれの日系人 俳優・声優。 来歴 [ 編集 ] ユタ州 の オグデン という町で生まれ、高校卒業までをそこで過ごす。
15 de feb. de 2022 · George Xavier, Gedde Watanabe, and Trance Thompson (L-R) in “Assassins” at East West Players. Photo by Steven Lam. With a career in entertainment that spans more than 45 years, the proud Japanese American has done it all in the realm of film, TV, and the stage (he was in the original Broadway production of “Pacific Overtures”), all the ...
12 de nov. de 2015 · Movies and Stuff presents: an Interview with Gedde Watanabe!Topics and questions: Topic 1: 25 years since UHF. 0:32Topic 2: How Gedde played Kuni in UHF. 2:1...
6 de may. de 2024 · On the other hand, Gedde Watanabe said there were some upsides to playing Long Duk Dong. He said John Hughes almost went against stereotypes by having him in a relationship with an athletic teen ...
