Clint Eastwood’s ‘Gran Torino’ Co-Star Says Film ‘Mainstreamed Anti-Asian Racism’ in America


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Home » TV & Movies » Clint Eastwood’s ‘Gran Torino’ Co-Star Says Film ‘Mainstreamed Anti-Asian Racism’ in America Clint Eastwood’s ‘Gran Torino’ Co-Star Says Film ‘Mainstreamed Anti-Asian Racism’ in America February 18, 2021 Over 13 years after Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino” opened in theaters and became a box office sensation ($148 million in the U.S. and $269 million worldwide), cast member Bee Vang has come forward to criticize the film for mainstreaming anti-Asian racism in America. Vang starred in the film as Thao Vang Lor, a young Hmong teenager who befriends his elderly racist neighbor (portrayed by Eastwood). While Vang...