Sixteen Candles Long Duk Dong actor Gedde Watanabe didn't think his role was stereotypical or racist, he says timed to the film's 20th anniversary.

If you were to rewatch Sixteen Candles 40 years later, there are a number of elements that haven’t aged well.Significant in this discussion is the presence of Long Duk Dong, who inspires the ...

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

The Japanese-American actor, who was born and raised in Utah, says he was just thrilled to see they were casting an Asian in any movie Getty;Universal Pictures Gedde Watanabe now, and as Long Duck ...

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, played by Gedde ...

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One of the classic films from the 1980s, "Sixteen Candles," is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Many of the actors, including Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and John Cusack, became big stars.

“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 ...

Dong’s emphasized femininity makes him weak, and audiences are supposed to laugh at this. Perhaps the most interesting question is why actor Gedde Watanabe even agreed to play this role in the first ...