“I love the risk-taking that happens.”
For Cho, keen to the opportunities offered or not offered to Asian-Americans, the movie was special.
“This whole movie is him spending time with his daughter and exploring that loving relationship.
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That was the real attraction for me.”
The actor remembers his own boyhood as one that hardly fit the mold.
Cho credits Marks for mining that authenticity, especially from Isaac.
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Merely having the chance to explore the psychology of an Asian family is an occasion Cho identifies as rare.
Cho can remember a time when reading a script meant playing a movie’s token Asian character.
“And times are changing.
I love that we are giving opportunities to one another.
I’m hoping the people of Mia’s generation just blow it wide open.”
Don’t Make Me Gopremieres July 15 on Amazon Prime Video.
