The actor played foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong in the John Hughes flick.
It was just so scarce.
So I didn’t think it was stereotypical or racist.
Gedde Watanabe in ‘Sixteen Candles’.Universal Pictures
Isn’t that weird?"
(Ringwald herself hasspoken openly about reexamining her pastfilms.)
“He totally burst out laughing,” Watanabe recalled to PEOPLE.
Gedde Watanabe.Michael Yada/ABC via Getty
“He was in shock.”
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Watanabe is glad that the times have somewhat changed since the film.
He added: “Now it’s been somewhat defined, but it’s muddied still.
It’s great to see friends out there that aren’t just one-dimensional characters.”
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