“But there’s no doubt it stung when I felt like the people I was trying to respect and please the most were the ones who were critical of me,” the actor continued.
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So that, plus thinking about the acting of it and realizing I did have an American accent - it became this weird mix of things.” So when we first started, because Yunjin spoke standard Korean, it was decided that I was going to try and change my Busan to standard Korean. It’s not standard Korean (표준어) because I speak Busan satoori (사투리).
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As an Asian actor, you’re just looking to get hired. Abrams and saying, ‘Guys, this character cannot progress in this same way.’ They basically said, ‘Trust us.’ I did, and it turned out for the best. Kim continued, “While we were shooting, I remember sitting down with Damon Lindelof and J.J. “My greatest fear was that the pilot of ‘Lost’ would air but the series would not - because if you were to see the pilot as the totality of my character, you would have been left with that stereotype.” “When I read the script for the pilot, I knew this was a land mine,” Kim said about the stereotypes. Kim and co-star Yunjin Kim starred in “Lost” as Korean married couple Jin and Sun, but the characters drew criticism early on for falling into the Asian stereotype of the overbearing husband and his submissive wife. Abrams and Damon Lindelof during the production of the pilot with concerns about the Asian stereotypes being depicted in the episode. In a career-spanning interview with Vulture, Daniel Dae Kim reveals he spoke up to “ Lost” creators J.J.