Kim's Convenience actor Simu Liu criticized the show's 'overwhelmingly white' producers for discounting input from Asian cast members, revealed that the actors were paid at an 'absolute horsepoop rate' and that showrunners were 'epically reclusive.'
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Kim s Convenience actor Andrew Phung on crafting his own series, Run the Burbs
by Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 14, 2021 6:00 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 14, 2021 at 6:14 am EDT
TORONTO “Kim’s Convenience” has just ended but cast member Andrew Phung is already “knee-deep in ideas and stories” for his next project, “Run the Burbs.”
The Calgary-raised actor, who played quirky car-rental employee Kimchee on “Kim’s,” co-created the upcoming comedy series and will star in it as a stay-at-home dad with an entrepreneur wife and two kids.
“I’m a kid who did improv in church basements and now I get to lead a show, so I’m taking the responsibility very seriously,” Toronto-based Phung said in a recent phone interview.
Victoria Ahearn Kim s Convenience cast member Andrew Phung poses in this undated handout photo. Kim s Convenience has just ended but Andrew Phung is already knee-deep in ideas and stories for his next project, Run the Burbs. The Calgary-raised actor, who played comical car-rental employee Kimchee on Kim s, co-created the upcoming comedy series and will star in it as a stay-at-home dad with an entrepreneur wife and two kids. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - CBC April 14, 2021 - 3:00 AM
TORONTO - Kim s Convenience has just ended but cast member Andrew Phung is already knee-deep in ideas and stories for his next project, Run the Burbs.
Health Canada is expected to release updated data today as concerns about vaccine safety emerge again.
Canada reported its first case of vaccine-induced blood clots linked to Oxford-AstraZeneca yesterday, and the United States put the brakes on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following six reports of blood clots there.
The Johnson vaccine held immense promise because its single-dose regimen and relatively simple storage requirements would make it easier to use, especially in less affluent countries.
The clots, which happened six to 13 days after vaccination in veins that drain blood from the brain, occurred together with low platelets the fragments in blood that normally form clots.