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Seoul – 18 August 2025
1. Wide of stage with emcee and Daniel Dae Kim at red carpet event for Amazon Prime series “Butterfly”
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Seoul – 19 August 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Dae Kim, actor – on how cultural differences between Korean and American crews translated into the production
“Every day there was something that needed to be translated literally through language but also working styles. You know, there are certain things in the way that the crew communicates to each other and also in Korea – because it’s a more Confucian society – the hierarchy of departments is very clear. So, you know, we had to learn to talk to the head of the department who would then talk to the staff as opposed to if you have an issue with one of the staff, you go directly to the staff. This kind of thing was new to the Americans."
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3. Wide of Daniel Dae Kim at red carpet event
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Dae Kim, actor – on whether he is worried about backlashes against diversity in Hollywood
“We’re already seeing it. If you look at what happened with Paramount and CBS News, we’re seeing a chilling effect on free speech and journalism and DEI (Diversity, equity, and inclusion). DEI is a bad word these days, but to me, DEI’s not a fad. The idea of inclusion is not something that’s a political trend. It’s my life. It’s what I’ve lived my, every decade I’ve been in this business.”
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5. Wide of “Butterfly” actors walking into the stage
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Dae Kim, actor – on how Korea’s acceptance of Korean Americans evolved
“When I came to Korea, and you know, when I was 18 cab drivers would give me such a hard time because I couldn’t speak fluent Korean. And they were like, ‘You’re Korean, your face is Korean, why don’t you speak Korean?’ And they had never thought about an immigrant experience from another country, but now Korea is so used to that kind of thing that people are much more understanding.”
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9. Wide of “Butterfly” actors on stage
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10. SOUNDBITE (English), Daniel Dae Kim, actor – on roles he still hopes to play
“I’m still waiting to play a romantic lead after all these years. I’ve never gotten the opportunity and it’s one of those interesting things because I look the way I do as an Asian American and Asian men were never considered handsome or sexy. It meant that if you look like a leading man who’s Asian American, you’re just never going to play that role. You might play the best friend or you might play an enemy, but you’re not going to play the guy who gets the girl. That’s changing now though, like… I’m friends with Jimmy O. Yang and a few years ago he got to play a romantic lead in a rom-com. And I said to Jimmy like ‘Who would have thought you, Jimmy, would have been the one to be the romantic lead?’ But I was so happy for him because it meant that the way we were looking at Asian men was different.”
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11. Various of actors (L-R) Daniel Dae Kim, Reina Hardesty, Kim Tae-hee, Kim Ji-hoon, Sean Richard Dulake and Park Hae-soo posing for media
12. Wide of actors leaving stage
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