Randall Park on The Office cameo
by Professional Portal ☀️: The Office
Randall Park shared that he first believed people were being racist when strangers repeatedly called him "Asian Jim." He later understood they were referring to his appearance on The Office. Several years later, while walking down the street, a car passed him and someone yelled "Asian Jim!"
Transcript (en)
I got the chance to play a character named Asian Jim. In like one scene, I was in and out in an hour and I thought that was really fun. And then I completely forgot about it. Several years later, I'm walking down the street and this car drives by and a guy yells like, Asian Jim! I'm thinking like, is this some like racist thing? Because I had forgotten about my appearance on The Office. People would be walking up to me like, what's up Asian Jim? I'd be like, you.
