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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ken Jeong has joined the cast of Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain (previously described as “Point Break with bodybuilders“) which is currently shooting in Miami. Jeong will reportedly play a character named “Johnny Wu,” whom I have little doubt will be hilariously Asian. (As the commenters pointed out, Jeong previously played “Jerry Wang” in Transformers 3; it’s nice to see Michael Bay branching out).
Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson are starring in the pic alongside Ed Harris, Tony Shaloub, Rob Corddry, Anthony Mackie and Bar Paly. The project is based on the true story of body builders in Miami Beach who headed a kidnapping and extortion ring that went awry.
It was big of Ken Jeong to agree to this movie, even after Mark Wahlberg said all those horrible things about his grandpa (I know, I know, Jeong is Korean, it’s still funny if you’re racist). As you can see by the banner pic, Mark Wahlberg and his tiny little T-Rex arms have already been photographed on the set alongside The Rock. (I’d make fun of him for being short, but I’m pretty sure The Rock is like 12 feet tall). Wahlberg’s muscle mass is impressive, but it’s also probably a lot easier to get thick arms when they’re only two apples long. He can barely reach his pockets! He looks like he’d have to tie his silverware to the ends of sticks. “Hey, Dawnny, help me connect these fackin’ strawrs tagethah so I kin drink this wicked mass gainah. I gawt the chawclit flavah this time. The vaniller tastes like fahts.”
“What, does this jokah wanna spah? Don’t he know I wiz in The Bawxah? Bettah hold me back, Da Rawk. If this cawksuckah gets within range I’m gonna knawck his blawk off. POW!”
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Jeong will reportedly play a character named Johnny Wu, whom I have little doubt will be hilariously Asian.
He was Jerry Wang in Transformers 3. (I forgive you for forgetting, I wish I could.) H wasn’t super Asian, but he was very Ken Jeongy.
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Wasn’t Ken Jeong in Transformers 3, as Unbearable Human Character No. 37? Not that I blame you for blocking it out, but I think he was the Asian office worker who inexplicably carried two pistols in his suit (and by “inexplicable” I mean Michael Bay is a racist simpleton).
I’m glad you both pointed that out, I honestly didn’t remember. I think I did block it out. Then again, that movie was nothing if not completely forgettable.
I was “fortunate” enough to see it fairly recently, and honestly, it was an “Oh, Ken, not you…” type moment when he showed up on screen.
Yeah. I only remember because he managed to be the most insufferable character (which takes effort). The only place that manages to wrangle him into being funny is Community.
I feel like he’s genuinely funny and talented and always comes off cool in interviews, I just wish he’d choose better projects and tone it down like three notches. He’s great when he’s not overdoing it, like in Community and Knocked Up.
Oh, shit. The doctor in Knocked Up. He was great. Fun Fact: he is an actual licensed physician in the state of California and got into comedy as a hobby.
Yeah, I rawb banks, but I only pull out the guns *flexes* when the whoah tellah cawps an attitood.