By the timeThe World of Suzie Wongwas being made, the Hollywood studio system was already in decline.
I was expected to follow the director’s instructions.
Were they taking advantage of my youth and inexperience?
Nancy Kwan stars in ‘The World of Suzie Wong’.Credit:Courtesy Everett Collection
Absolutely, but I didn’t have a choice."
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But the decision was final.
Nancy Kwan and William Holden costar in ‘The World of Suzie Wong’.Courtesy Everett Collection
She would play the scene as written.
We got through the scene, but I felt vulnerable.
Production wrapping wasn’t the end of the road, either.
She also claims she was subject to a demeaning and racialized form of sexualization in the press.
Nancy Kwan poses for a portrait in New York City in 1960.TPLP/Getty
