Finding that there wasn't the work for 'ethnic actors' in Australia, Chris Pang moved to Los Angeles in 2013 — but he says things are changing and he's hoping to come home soon.
He also produced and starred in the indie film Empty by Design, alongside Osric Chau and Rhian Ramos who play two young Filipinos returning home and feeling lost in the process."[But] the whole notion of 'breaking out' and 'overnight success' that you hear so often attached to actors or people from the entertainment industry … is just flawed, because behind every 'overnight sensation' was 10 years of work," Pang says.
"Because there was a long period, where it almost felt like I was getting recognition for my work everywhere but home," he says. "It's quite a shame, because you have all this talent in Australia and we're all leaving — and the Australian entertainment industry is suffering," he says. "Crazy Rich Asians changed the landscape for Asians in cinema, and really elevated the diversity talk," Pang says.
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