As Gemma Chan discussed as well, Hollywood is still catching up to telling more Asian female stories. We already have a few Asian male stars we could name off, be it Jackie Chan, Ken Jeong, Randall Park, John Cho or Henry Golding. But Asian women? It’s starting to stack up a bit more with the rise of Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh finding more roles as of late, Sandra Oh or Constance Wu, but for a long time, Lucy Liu stood pretty much alone as far as mainstream, big-budget movie stars go.
