Actress Chloe Bennet, best known for her starring role on the ABC hit series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., claims she had to change her last name because Hollywood is “racist” toward Asian-American actors.
Bennet, born Chloe Wang, wrote an Instagram post this week praising actor Ed Skrein’s decision to drop his role in the upcoming Hellboy reboot. Skrein had faced whitewashing accusations, as the character he was cast to play was of Asian ancestry in the comic book origin story.
While lauding Skrein, Bennet criticized Hollywood’s “insensitivity and flippant behavior towards the Asian American” actors.
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