From “Captain Marvel” To “Crazy Rich Asians,” Gemma Chan Is Breaking New Ground For Asian Women Onscreen
It was also an enormous opportunity for Chan, and certainly a helpful springboard for much of her subsequent success. So discussing her feelings about the episode now, from the vantage point of a post–“That’s what they wanted,” she said about her character’s noticeable accent, her typically rapid speaking style slowing to a careful crawl. “Not to be disparaging in any way about anyone involved with that show — I had a really great experience.
“I read the book that it’s based on. This character Hattie — she’s Scottish, [and] it’s not mentioned, but you assume she’s white,” she said. “Somewhere down the line, someone said, ‘We’re opening this up.’ … That part meant so much to me, because it wasn’t to do with my ethnicity.”as an android with no specified ethnicity, and in 2017’sas Quintessa, a largely motion-capture role best described as a villainous humanoid Cybertronian.
Oh, I couldn’t possibly play the lead. Maybe they’ll consider me for the secondary part or the supporting partIronically, it’s been the experience of making— a film that celebrates her ethnicity right there in the title, rather than set it aside as immaterial — that has helped Chan begin to change her perspective on what’s truly possible for her career.
“Everyone has been so effusive,” she said. “They mainly want to talk about how much they or their sister, their brother, their son, their daughter, their grandparent really loved this film. People really responded to Astrid. I lost count of how many times people would say, ‘She was my favorite character.’ I think people really related to this woman who had to sacrifice a bit of herself and take a second seat to her husband, and then reclaims her power.
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