“When I looked at the cast, you do see Southeast Asian actors in the project but they’re only cast as Additional Voices,” Sandy, who prefers not to give her last name, tells TIME.
“They basically put the whole region in a blender and hired so little south-east Asian actors for the roles,” wrote Sandy, a 25-year-old graphic designer who lives in Manila. On the day the full cast was announced, some took to Twitter to express their criticism. They include Awkwafina, who voices Sisu, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong and Sandra Oh. While the movie features a couple of other Southeast Asian voice actors aside from Tran-most notably the teen actors Izaac Wang and Thalia Tran, who voice the characters Boun and Noi, respectively-the majority of the top-billed actors are East Asian.
While plenty of people shared their excitement around seeing their cultures represented onscreen as promotional materials for the film were released, others expressed concern, most notably about the lack of Southeast Asian actors in the cast as well as the approach of combining influences from multiple Southeast Asian countries into one story. But steps forward in Hollywood are rarely clear-cut.
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