Brenda Song Says She Wasn't Allowed to Read for 'Crazy Rich Asians' Because She Was 'Basically Not Asian Enough'

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Brenda Song Says She Wasn't Allowed to Read for 'Crazy Rich Asians' Because She Was 'Basically Not Asian Enough'
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'I was like, 'Where do I fit?''

All that to say that

has an impressive career that's only getting better, and that you'd be forgiven for assuming that she gets to pick and choose which projects she wants to be a part of at this stage., Song shared the upsetting moment she was denied an audition for a movie she really wanted—. The film marked an important turning point in Hollywood as essentially the first big-budget Asian-led romantic comedy ever, and Song felt it was a great fit for her.

. She asked to be considered, but was told she wasn't right for the role of Rachel Chu, which went to Constance Wu. "Their reasoning behind that, what they said was that my image was basically not Asian enough, in not so many words," Song said."It broke my heart.

But in the end, the actress had no regrets."I got myself together and said, 'Brenda, there is only one you, and you can't change who you are. You can't change your past,'" she explained."I am so grateful for every job that I've done. All I can do is continue to put good auditions out there, do the best that I can—that's all I can ask for." Wise words.

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