.Christine_Ko had an unexpected personal connection to the character she plays in Tigertail.
The experience of moving across the world at such a young age shaped the way Ko viewed the entertainment industry as much as it shaped her views on just about everything else in life."It was a strange transition from Acworth, Georgia, and being the only Taiwanese girl in my school and then moving to Taiwan in sixth grade and barely speaking Mandarin and being in a completely different world.
"We connected when he told me the story about his dad and how this was all inspired by going on a trip back to Taiwan with his dad and feeling like there’s so much history and culture he never learned about, and then at 30 years old realizing this was a part of him but also he feels so unaware of this side of him," Ko said."I was like, that’s exactly what I went through in middle school and I still go through it now. At that point, I was like, I can’taudition for this.
"I think this is the first role for me where I really couldn’t tell the difference between the character and myself. The similarities between myself and Angela were that I did grow up in a stricter household and I didn’t really talk about feelings and emotions with my parents," she went on."I would say the difference between myself and Angela was, in the film, we can see this huge disconnect between her and her father.
"It's a crazy time to be promoting a movie, but it’s on Netflix, so there’s an odd silver lining to all of this," she admitted.well and it’s nice right now to have a little bit of laughter," Ko said, referring to the current coronavirus pandemic, and how it's caused many people to go into lockdown in their own homes."It's a crazy time to be promoting a movie, but it’s on Netflix, so there’s an odd silver lining to all of this.
"It feels like a wonderful time for Asian American actors. I'm grateful that this is the time I’ve joined the industry," the actress added."There’s not just one movie that tells the Asian American experience, there’s not one movie that tells the Taiwanese-Chinese-American experience. And as we all figure this out in the next couple weeks, I hope both my Netflix movie and my Hulu show bring a little bit of joy to people’s living rooms.
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