Stephen Park played hospitably in the 2nd episodes of Sitcomu “Friends”. This short time spent on the set of the series for a few years discouraged him to work the actor. The park told about not very pleasant experiences from working on iconic production in the podcast “Pod Meets World”.
Stephen Park recalls work on the set of “Friends”
According to the actor, The environment in which he found himself was very toxic, or at least one of the creators of the series showed racist behavior towards the actor James Hong. “I had the feeling that it was a toxic environment. In one of the episodes in which I was, James Hong was also played. The director’s assistant called him on the set, basically saying: ‘Where, damn it, is this oriental?
The actor tried to inform the actors’ guild of this situationbut she ordered him to contact the media. However, the meeting with journalists did not bring the expected result. “After what happened, I contacted the guild of film actors. The person I talked to advised me to write an article to ‘Los Angeles Times’. I started working on a statement that I sent to the editor.
Powerlessness in terms of similar behavior in Hollywood, effectively discouraged Stephen Parka to the actor’s work. So he decided to withdraw from show business for some time. “I became so aware of racial issues and so bad that I looked at everything from a race perspective. I had the feeling that there was no freedom. I had no idea what to do, but I decided to just give up. I told everyone:” I will not play anymore. ” Since “Friends”, the park appeared in productions such as “The Good Half”, “Snowpiercer: Ark of the Future” or “Someone Else”. We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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