Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips has called out the scrutiny around fellow actors who play characters outside of their own race or ethnicity, recalling that he was “put in a box” in the past because he was a mixed-race Filipino.
“You have to wonder why certain people want to draw such harsh lines on authenticity when it comes to the ethnic community,” Phillips told Esquire on Thursday, July 8.
He pointed out that he had been defended by “La Bamba” director Luis Valdez for playing a role of a Latino in the film, although his co-stars were not criticized despite not having the same ethnic background as their characters.
Phillips said that despite not being of the same race…
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