Bee Vang - Gran Torino
Produced and directed by Western-legend, Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino is the first mainstream film to feature the Hmong people (the Hmong are refugees of Laos following the communist takeover in 1975). Unfortunately, Eastwood made the odd decision to cast Bee Vang, an American actor (of Hmong heritage) that had previously no acting experience. For this fact, audiences witnessed an amateur unable to find sound footing in his own theatrics. Scenes involving Vang were oversold or under-delivered.
