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- Japanese-American actor Gedde Watanabe had a prominent role in one of the best high school movies of all time: Sixteen Candles. He made his film debut playing Long Duk Dong, who is a Chinese foreign exchange student living with grandparents of Molly Ringwald's Sam.
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May 6, 2024 · Gedde Watanabe may not have been offended playing Long Duk Dong, but it doesn’t mean certain stereotypes of the Sixteen Candles character escaped him. He added, I remember the movie using the...
May 20, 2014 · In the years since the portrayal — Long Duk Dong and Sixteen Candles was released 30 years ago this month — Gedde Watanabe has appeared more than two dozen films, played Nurse Yosh...
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Played by gay actor Gedde Watanabe, Dong was a classmate of protagonist Sam Baker (Ringwald), who happened to be living with her grandparents while in the exchange program.
May 6, 2024 · Watanabe played the character of Long Duk Dong, a Chinese foreign exchange student, in the film. In an interview with People, he revealed that he didn’t even realize the character was an offensive stereotype at the time of filming.
May 5, 2024 · Gedde Watanabe, the actor who played Long Duk Dong in 'Sixteen Candles,' reflects on the role 40 years later, noting he didn't find his character offensive at the time.
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"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...
May 5, 2024 · The actor’s big break was the 1984 film “ Sixteen Candles ,” in which he played foreign exchange student “Long Duk Dong.” While Watanabe’s line “What’s happenin’, hot stuff?” is still...
