ONTD fave John Cho has written a book!

[silverstarry]

ONTD fave John Cho was originally going to write a mystery/thriller, but things took a turn during the pandemic and he ended up writing a book for middle school kids about a 12 year old Korean-American boy during the LA riots of 1992.

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[xpirate_queenx]

Houston!! I didn't know that.

[silverstarry]

He said that was the first place his family lived after coming here from South Korea. After that, they moved to Seattle, the Bay Area, and then LA.

[therearewords]

Joy, JFC.

[silverstarry]

I don't know how actors can smile and look pleasant when they have to deal with ridiculously awful conversations like that.

[therearewords]

Honestly.

[silverstarry]

I'm not good at hiding my emotions, so even if the words didn't actually come out of my mouth, my facial expression would clearly say, "Are you fucking kidding me?"

[silverstarry]

It's been almost ten years and I'm still mad that Selfie got canceled.

[buttercup31]

Right there with you. I can’t believe it’s been that long.

[arellaj]

One of the producers was on a podcast recently and she said she had to fight to get John Cho cast in Selfie. Can you imagine that show without him????????

[cozysweater]

Same! All of the actors had such good chemistry together and I really loved the chemistry between John and Karen’s characters! If anyone has any good recommendations of rom com shows similar to Selfie, im still looking!

[ring_a_word]

Me: I know they can be unprofessional as hell, but how bad can they be?

Joy: No research done, followed by, "You sound, well, you don't have any accent or anything."

At this point I should be a host on The View. I know I'll slip up and say stupid shit sometimes, but I doubt I could ever be that casually racist or ignorant.

[silverstarry]

I couldn't believe the follow up to "I got exactly zero things correct" was her casual racism. Like seriously?

I'm not a professional interviewer but the first problem could have been completely avoided if she had just asked, "Where did you move to? How old were you?" Such a simple fix. And in an interview setting, those are better questions because it allows the subject to have a discussion with you instead of simply answering "yes" (or in this case, having to correct you).

[silverstarry]

A short quiz about tv shows where John Cho has guest starred: