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Isnt it a trip when someone is devastatingly good-looking, a talented dramatic actor, andalsofunny?
In a profile inVariety,Yeun explains why he left the improv scene to pursue Hollywood.
I was also thinking, who could I even play in popular culture that wasnt an accented foreigner?
What changed his thinking and made him optimistic, in retrospect, wasSNLcasting the unstoppable talent that isBowen Yang.
Whats been nice about recontextualizing that moment is to see what Bowen Yang is doing now onSNL.
Hes not playing a stereotype.
Hes owning the multitudes of what Asian Americans can be or how Asian people are seen.
If this profile doesnt lead to a Steven YeunSNLhosting gig, we riot at dawn.
