Gedde Watanabe took no offense to his Sixteen Candles role. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Japanese-American actor Gedde ...

"It didn’t really occur to me that it was a stereotype, because there wasn’t really anything out there for Asian actors at the time," Watanabe said. “Sixteen Candles” actor Gedde Watanabe ...

By Tatiana Tenreyro Over the past couple of decades, John Hughes‘ Sixteen Candles has been seen in a new light, with many calling out its portrayal of foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong ...

But, these days, Sixteen Candles is also not-so-fondly remembered for its most notorious supporting role: foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong, a walking caricature of Asian stereotypes.

Related: Molly Ringwald Reflects on 'Sixteen Candles' in Wake of #MeToo ... Watanabe also says that the Long Duk Dong character has actually been a driver of positive change in that regard. "People ...

The classic 80s teen film, "Sixteen Candles," crumbles under the test of time, reflecting both progressiveness and how far Hollywood representation still has to go. Long Duk Dong, played by Gedde ...

Ringwald doesn’t dance around the problematic nature of Long Duk Dong, the Chinese foreign exchange student in Sixteen Candles. Even a New York Times review written shortly after the movie’s ...

Gwyneth Paltrow surprised fans of the classic 1980s comedy Sixteen Candles by revealing ... including its depiction of Chinese exchange student Long Duk Dong as portrayed by Japanese-American ...

“Sixteen Candles” actor Gedde Watanabe says it “didn’t really occur” to him in 1984 that his character Long Duk Dong “was a stereotype.” “It didn’t really occur to me that it was a stereotype, because ...

The classic 80s teen film crumbles under the test of time, reflecting both progressiveness and how far Hollywood representation still has to go. Long Duk Dong, played by Gedde Watanabe, makes his ...