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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ actors slam 'People' for identity mix-up
People magazine misidentified two actors as being part of the Crazy Rich Asians cast, when they were not even in the movie.
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Members of the cast of 'Crazy Rich Asians' (from left) Ronny Chieng, Tan Kheng Hua, Fiona Xie and Harry Shum Jr., as well as their director, Jon M. Chu, walk the red carpet at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27, 2019 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (AFP/Robyn Beck)
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razy Rich Asians actor Ronny Chieng has publicly called out People for misidentifying his co-stars in last week's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards coverage.
The US weekly magazine misidentified two actors as part of the Crazy Rich Asians cast, when they "were not even in the movie", reported Nylon.
Chieng shared the blunder on social media after he was mistakenly identified as Randall Park in a photo round-up of the red carpet event. His wife, Hannah Pham (who was not in the film), was misidentified as Jae W. Suh.
“@people Jae W Suh is not in this photo. I’m not Randall Park. And that’s Tan Kheng Hua not Michelle Yeoh,” Chieng wrote on his Twitter page.
.@people Jae W Suh is not in this photo. I'm not Randall Park. And that's Tan Kheng Hua not Michelle Yeoh. pic.twitter.com/vwSBvdnhIl
— Ronny Chieng (@ronnychieng) January 29, 2019
Another Crazy Rich Asians actor, Remy Hii, had more pointed criticism on the hypocrisy of the slip. Hii expressed his frustration, saying that such blunders almost never occurred with the countless white male actors who looked very similar.
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Hii wrote in a follow-up tweet: ”This wasn’t even a case of mistaken identity, you straight up threw a bunch of yellow names up and hoped they’d stick.”
@people I’m singling you out because not only do Ronny Chieng and Randall Park, Jae W Suh and Kheng Hua look NOTHING alike, Michelle Yeoh ISNT EVEN IN THAT PHOTO. This wasn’t even a case of mistaken identity, you straight up threw a bunch of yellow names up and hoped they’d stick
— Remy Hii (@RemyHii) January 28, 2019
This comes mere days after fashion watchdog Diet Prada pointed out that Vogue had misidentified Tan Kheng Hua and Gemma Chan as Michelle Yeoh and Liv Lo, respectively.
hi @voguemagazine -
Both of these women have been misidentified on your site tonight.
Tan Kheng Hua NOT Michelle Yeoh.
Gemma Chan NOT Liv Lo. #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/nUao4euV9Z
— Noor (@NTagouri) January 28, 2019
People has since corrected the names of the Crazy Rich Asians stars in the SAG photo. (geo/kes)
