EntertainmentFriends: Actor talks about xenophobia on the set of filming: ‘Toxico’stephen Park Environment recalled difficult times behind the scenes of one of TV’s most iconic series and revealed how he decided to expose the situation at the time after writing

Stephen Park He is an actor known for his roles in Friends (1994 – 2004), Fargo – A comedy of errors(1996), The French chronicle (2021) and the recent Mickey 17 (2025). Despite not acting as a protagonist, Park It has had many experiences in this environment, including the most unpleasant.

During a podcast conversation Pod Meets Worlda format made as a rereading of the series The world is of young people (1993-2000), the actor recalled his two appearances and what the set of filming was Friends.

Highlighting some strange situations, he talks about what was the treatment out of the scenes: “At that time, I felt it was a kind of toxic environment.James Hong It was the actor who was also in the episode with me, and [o Assistente de Direção~chamva ele para o set e, você sabe, essencialmente dizendo: ‘Onde diabos está o cara oriental? Pegue o cara oriental'”.

É importante pontuar que James Hong é um ator veterano considerado importante para a representação asiática em Hollywood. Ele já atuou nas animações Mulan (1998) e Kung Fu Panda (2008), mas o histórico de trabalhos vem desde 1950. Recentemente ele esteve em Tudo em Todo Lugar ao Mesmo Tempo (2022), filme de Daniel Scheinert e Daniel Kwan que foi sucesso no Oscar 2023. 

“Isso é maior do que esse show”, Park continuou. “Não é a primeira vez na qual isso acontece, sabe? […] And no one felt the need to correct this or say something about it. So this is a normal behavior. ”

Stephen made arrangements, wrote a statement and sent it to the newspaper La Times. “They sent a pair of reporter to interview me, but they never published,” says the actor.

Given this scenario and with the rise of the internet, he decided to send this statement to the list of emails of the time. This made the public document and present on the internet and, according to Park“She became viral even before ‘viral’ being a word.”

In the end, even saying that it would no longer act (because of this disillusionment caused by the industry), the actor continues to appear in film and TV productions.

Rolling Stone Brazil Cinema Special

The cinema is the subject of the new special printed of the Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to seventh art lovers, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawhich reaches 85 years amid the release of his new movie, Megalópolisbold and millionaire endeavor financed by himself.

Unshable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took about 40 years to get out of paper, the filmmaker defends the boldness of being creative of the film industry and opens, in good Portuguese, the influence of Brazil on his new movie: “Joy”.

The special also brings conversations with Walter Salles, FERNANDA TORRES and Selton Mello on I’m still herea chat about soundtracks with the conductor João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list of the 100 best films in history (50 nationals, 50 international), another list of the 101 largest trails in the history of cinema, one warm for the Oscar 2025 and the radar of globe launches, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 movies for the coming months.

The Special Cinema of Rolling Stone Brazil It is already on newsstands, but can also be bought at the EDITORA PROFILE store for R $ 29.90. Check it out:

Source: NME

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