Gotte be honest, I found it a bit sad that her movie idols are all American Asians and not any HK stars. We have great actors here and I hope she will discover that too.
No, not at that wide range. Mostly some can speak neighbouring country language thai,indonesia , philipino, bangladesh. Mostly because our multi racial , we tend to speak other etchinicity language. My friend mom is a chinese who can speak bangla, malay, chinese and some english. Friend mine used to work in singapore but coming back to malaysia speaking thai(i dont know how that happen) , we only know that when we go to thai and he end up as our guide.
@@joj4096 😀 bilingual when we were kids, when we grow up, we learn english. Then some of us learn more... That's our "normal" which probably not everybody agree...
I don't get this complaint. Not like Asian movies don't exist. We're already watching movies such as Train to Busan and Parasite worldwide. So much Asian dramas as well. You don't hear westerners complaining about not receiving representation in those.
In those cases they are in highly homogenous countries, it can't be helped, but the west is mixed in those countries Asian lead roles can happen, but it doesn't
@@Hhhh22222-w I don't think black actors should be categorized as African. Since most of them grew up as american and has no connection to Africa culturally.
she lives in HK, of course she is expected to know Cantonese? There are millions of people who can speak more than 5 languages with various dialects, just that they don't care for fame. Come on, the only reason people follow her is that she's attractive and her boyfriend is attractive. End of story.
Asians always have leading roles in movies produced in Asia and no one minds. Why is it only western films that people want to see foreigners take lead roles in? I don’t mind an Asian lead in a Hollywood movie, but pushing for it is just a strange mindset.
just a guess bc i don’t think i’m educated enough lol but it might be because hongkong and a lot of east asian countries are largely homogenous, so there’s less of a Want for more of their movies to have lead actors from races. Also the US is very culturally diverse and i think people want hollywood movies to better represent that. Hollywood movies are also usually screened in cinemas worldwide lol like idk if you can just go to any random cinema outside of asia and expect to find a lot of asian movies yknow (which leads back to asian movies having less of a demand for lead actors of different races)
It isnt like that, if u r born in the west and living in the west, you deserve equal opportunity regardless of colour and race. Same for living in the east, it should be in the same everywhere.
@@jemmaj2919 only 5.6% of the US is Asian, and a much smaller number of those people choose professions such as acting. Typically Asian families push for their children to become professionals rather than artists or actors. So it would be reasonable to assume that only 2-5% of Hollywood movies have Asian leads, and that’s more or less what we have now.
Because in those Asian countries, foreigners/non-asian are a very very tiny minority, while in Western countries they are a family large minority, but always gets delegated to side character roles
@@SaintNyx you'd be right about the numbers of Asians in NA, but Asian writers in Hollywood are actual actively discouraged against even creating Asian starring screenplays for "marketability reasons" despite Hollywood incessantly trying to push blockbusters to sell in Asia. This keeps opportunities to build a career very limited for Asian screen talent. Whatever, people like me are creating blockbuster brands starring full Asians because I care about the consumer not the middleman. If Hollywood wants to leave money on the table and keep Asians faces out while trying to sell to Asia, we'll happily deliver the goods and push them out of the Asia Pacific market.
I can understand the intention of this kind of content creator interview maybe 5-10years ago. Why now? Is feminism/ mixed race Asian identity ambiguity topic something new to HK people?
@@truenorthstrongandfree3699 uhm. I feel attacked here. I knew 4, when I was 6 or something. Putonghua, english, cantonese and spanish. Learning English and putonghua is kind of a must. My mother language was cantonese so i guess i self taught myself spanish.
@@truenorthstrongandfree3699 all my cousins from China can speak at the very least Taishanese/Toisanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and English (from most fluent to least fluent but still fluent enough to carry a conversation). Mind you, they attended village schools, which are notoriously inferior to big city schools in China in terms of quality and resources. Anyone in China who grew up in a non-Mandarin household has to juggle their native language, Mandarin and English. So... that’s at least 3 languages
For the viewers, j Lou is not the typical hongkonger in Hong Kong, she is Def not mainstream. I'm also an English speaker, or a bad one, I should add, I have no friends for like two decades.
Marvelous!!! You really know how to sell yourself. Big deal! 5 languages are quite normal nowadays, I speak 8 if you count Mandarin, Cantonese, and Chao Chow as seperate. languages.
I am Asian i don't see this as an issue. So what if Asians are not represent as much as white people in Hollywood movies. America is still mostly a Western country with Western values and cultures. If i want to see mostly Asians and Asian cultures, i would watch Asian entertainment. And with Asians masterpieces like Spirited Away, Parasite won the Academy Award, it's clear that Asian cinema and soft power are a force to be reckoned with.
Nah, the entertainment media market is actually becoming increasingly natively global due to streaming, gaming, etc. And Asians will make up the vast majority of the market for blockbuster media content, which we are creating. Hollywood's not going to be all that relevant for too much longer.
When Hong Kong folks try to use that English accent they sound very FOBISH. The Cantonese accent comes off it very sour to the ear. Makes it sound like you’re trying way too hard. Stick to neutral base accent like an American one.
