British - Actor | 1971 -
I've been really pleasantly surprised by 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I'd never really heard of that gang before, that comic series before. And I think when you go into those, watching those sort of films, you watch them with no expectation as well, so you're always kind of pleasantly surprised, I think.
Benedict Wong
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Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'
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In terms of representation, television is reflecting an era that has passed. It's the wrong time; it's the wrong period. In all sorts of television, it doesn't feel like the 21st century.
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I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the ruler of the Mongol empire, the trading place that everybody wanted to get involved in.
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When you're a kid that's spent all your pocket money buying Spider-Man comics, and then as an adult, you're in the Marvel Universe, and you get to meet Stan Lee - it's wonderful.
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I'm in the loners' society. I don't want to classify myself as anything.
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It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I was born.
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In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.
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I'd like to helm my own series. Something British.
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Occasionally, when you do a take, and - what I kind of sort of like is asking for a PPB - Personal Play Back.
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Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.
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Kublai noticed this uncommon perception that Marco Polo has, with the idea to explain and talk about his country so vividly that he can see it.
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