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I just want to give props to the writers.
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Q: Plus, the movie is, on one level just the typical, silly, gross-out dope comedy, but at the same time you're constantly bringing up the issue of ethnic stereotypes, racial stereotypes through just the assumptions that people make about your characters.ĬHO: It's an aspect we were trying to include early on. Q: I love the idea of embracing the "that guy" status as a launching pad for the movie.ĬHO: That was sort of the story of the whole project too.ĬHO: The story of the movie is two underdogs overcoming certain obstacles on a journey to White Castle, and the story of the project, to a certain degree, is two underdog actors getting their shot at playing the leads in a movie. So we kind of poke fun at that right off the bat - it's sort of an icebreaker. It also kind of dissipates - I think there is some unspoken measure of tension, like this is so unusual seeing Asian-Americans headlining a movie. I was like, Man, the movie is so not about that! Why did they have to bring it back to that? Then we realized that most people that are watching this trailer.recognize us as the Indian guy from "Van Wilder" and the Asian guy from "American Pie"!ĬHO: The trailer is funny because it says exactly what people are thinking. Q: How did you two feel about the ads that market you as "That Asian guy from 'American Pie' and that Indian guy from 'Van Wilder'"? Did you think it was funny?
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What do they think of those labels? That was the first question I asked when meeting them in San Francisco earlier this month. While never shying away from the boob flash or the fart joke, some of the humor in "Harold and Kumar" comes from exploding the very stereotypes its stars have been subjected to for the length of their budding careers - a fact the film's marketing has played into by announcing in the trailers that it stars "that Asian guy from 'American Pie' and that Indian guy from 'Van Wilder'." Starring as a pair of all-American sons of immigrants, and recent college grads, who get stoned one Friday evening and go on an epic slapstick quest for their favorite fast food, Cho and Penn are thrilled to be breaking the gross-out comedy glass ceiling, and even more pleased to be doing it in a movie that's smarter than it looks. After years of putting on thick accents and having stereotypically ethnic music escort them into a scene here and a scene there, mostly in bawdy teen comedies, these two are headlining in their very own lowbrow laffer - "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle." John Cho and Kal Penn are currently the envy of every "token minority" movie actor in Hollywood. (Some questions in this interview have come from another journalist present for the Q&A.) SPLICEDwire content is available for print, web, radio & PDA starting at just $99/month!Īs the "Harold & Kumar" trailer says, they're "that Asian guy from 'American Pie' and that Indian guy from 'Van Wilder.'Īctors recognized for stereotype roles talk about starring in their own comedy, 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' SPLICEDwire | John Cho & Kal Penn interview for "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004) John Cho interview, Kal Penn interview, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Danny Leiner, John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Ryan Reynolds.