![]() I'm so happy that I - this is going to sound cheesy - but I'm so happy that I've gotten to, and am getting to, live the life that I am living. Is there a part of you that wishes you were coming up in a time where you could have had the opportunity to play a part like Rory Gilmore, instead of the best friend? Is that something that you think about? I mean, not just for the cultural significance, but from a money perspective. 1 show on Netflix worldwide - and it should be supported. The crazy thing is that, I feel like, if given the opportunity, people will gravitate towards those stories because they're universal stories. I love it and I root for them, for their successes. I'm thrilled every time I see Asian Americans telling their stories and getting to play the lead characters, and it's an emotional thing. Lane is such an iconic best friend character, but now we're in a time where Asian actors are getting those lead roles, and not relegated to the token side characters, in a way, serving the narrative of somebody else's story. Young Asian boys and girls are watching, but also girls and boys of any ethnicity are watching too, which is wild to me. And there's another movie I was meaning to watch it before now, The Half of It, with Alice Wu. Especially the last couple of years where there are younger Asian characters and they're mainstream. As far as why there has been a bit of a gap of Asian American representation, I'm hoping that with some of the newer pieces that are out, especially with this month, it's really all changing. That's where I felt that I was more aware of it being something that was more widespread than a niche community. More people saw it and it became something people talked about. I think for me, it was when it went to Netflix. I think because Gilmore Girls didn't really hit until a lot later. But the interesting thing about it is that, at that time, it didn't feel that way to me, personally. ![]() Especially that lasted so long - it went seven years - and you could see the age development of her character. At that time especially, the character of Lane was not something that you saw very often. Has that been a common thread in your conversations and encounters with fans? Lane Kim, your character on Gilmore Girls, remains one of a handful of characters whom I remember vividly as an Asian American girl growing up and watching TV. ![]() It started off so great, and then it kind of tanked. It's a strange May to be celebrating at home this year in 2020, which I thought was going to be the best year ever. And then with the lockdown and with the rhetoric that had come out about COVID-19, some of it has been disturbing towards the Asian community. ![]() It's a weird thing to say it like that, but for most of it, especially being in entertainment, I felt a bit sidelined in our community. It felt like there were ways that we were being seen that we hadn't been seen before in the media, and it felt as if we were part of the mainstream in a legitimate way. The last few years, I feel like there's been so much to celebrate in the Asian American community. Keiko Agena: This year has been such a roller coaster. ![]()
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