Daniel Dae Kim calls out ‘overcorrection’ in Asian nationality-specific casting

The actor also said that he put his philosophy into practice while casting Reina Hardesty as his Korean American character's daughter in his new spy thriller series Butterfly.

"She's Japanese American, and she's mixed-race Japanese American," he explained. "That was a deliberate choice on my part, because what the significant part of her character was is the idea of feeling alienated and alone in America. You don't have to be Korean American to feel that way."