"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 says it ...

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 Watanabe, as ...

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 ...

Long Duk Dong, played by Gedde Watanabe, makes his first appearance in “Sixteen Candles” upside down. He dangles from a top bunk, waggling his eyebrows at the female protagonist and attempting ...

Daniel Dae Kim, who most recently stars as Fire Lord Ozai in the Netflix series adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, has established himself as a graceful leading man of Korean descent who has ...

On Friday, I explained what's "cringeworthy" about Sixteen Candles' Long Duk Dong, whose broken English and social ineptitude left a painful stamp on many Asian-American children of the '80s. "You ...

He was comic relief in a slapstick movie — and to many, one of Hollywood's most offensive Asian stereotypes. NPR's Alison MacAdam examines the... Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes? Long ...

Gedde Watanabe Discusses 30 Years of Sixteen Candles and Long Duk DongThe actor who delivered the classic line “What’s happenin’, hot stuff?” reflects on the character three decades later.

The actor reflected on the controversial character in the 1984 John Hughes classic for its 40th anniversary. By Tatiana Tenreyro Over the past couple of decades, John Hughes‘ Sixteen Candles has been ...