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The Life List: 5 ways American actress Chloe Bennet has embraced her Asian heritage
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Chloe Bennet (left) hopes the character she voices will help normalise Chinese culture.
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LOS ANGELES - Chloe Bennet, the Asian-American star of the Marvel superhero show Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013 to now) made headlines in 2017 when she said she changed her last name from Wang because of racism in Hollywood. Sitting down with The Straits Times in Los Angeles recently to discuss her animated film Abominable - which opens in Singapore on Nov 7 - the 27-year-old explains why she spoke out. And she hopes the character she voices - a Shanghainese teenager who befriends a lost yeti - will help normalise Chinese culture.
