It's hard to imagine anybody other than Alison Brie providing the voice of Diane Nguyen in BoJack Horseman. However, the GLOW actress has just admitted that she regrets taking on the role.
Brie recently took to her official Instagram account to share her thoughts on being cast as Diane in the Netflix animated series. Take a look at her post below.
"In hindsight, I wish that I didn't voice the character of Diane Nguyen. I now understand that people of color, should always voice people of color," Brie wrote. "We missed a great opportunity to represent the Vietnamese-American community accurately and respectfully, and for that I am truly sorry. I applaud all those who stepped away from their voiceover roles in recent days. I have learned a lot from them."
Of course, Brie did a great job at playing Diane in BoJack Horseman. On the other hand, it was a role that could have been played by an actor of color. Interestingly, creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg also addressed the issue by revealing why he decided to cast Brie as Diane.
"The intention behind the character is I wanted to write AWAY from stereotypes and create an Asian American character who wasn't defined solely by her race. But I went too far in the other direction. We are all defined SOMEWHAT by our race! Of course we are! It is part of us!" Bob-Waksberg wrote in a lengthy Twitter thread. "We should have hired a Vietnamese writer, and a Vietnamese actress to play Diane - or if not that, changed the character to match who we did hire."
It might be too late for the explanation now but we're hoping that Bob-Waksberg will not be making the same mistake in the future.
The final season of BoJack Horseman aired on Netflix earlier this year.
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