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Steven Yeunhas the range, but he knows it doesnt show during his time on AMCsThe Walking Dead.
In his newGQcover story,MinaridaddyYeun recalls how he and Glenn were underestimated with one-dimensional arcs.
I felt I had expanded beyond that and I was internally frustrated, he said.
I felt like I was servicing aconcept of goodness, as opposed to engaging with Glenns humanity.
The actor said he wanted his character to be more conflicted, like his zombie-apocalypse comrades.
Glenn has evil thoughts, Im sure, Yeun pushed.
Give me a story line where I go to kill this guy.
But Yeun wasnt given an opportunity to express all the facets of his character.
Because youre usually kind of just shrunken down into your label.
To not have that in my real life and to not have that in my show life was frustrating.
And so I think it just started this journey of just, like … dude, I cant.
Ive got to feel full.
Ive got to feel real.
That feeling led him to projects likeLee Isaac ChungsMinari, a critically acclaimed all-American story primarily in Korean.
Unfortunately, the industrys prejudice persists.
I wasnt surprised, Yeun commented.
If this is the thing that helps to expand these institutions and rules?
Thats why we make this stuff.
