Arden Cho Opens Up About Why She Turned Down The Teen Wolf Movie
Actress Arden Cho has, for the first time, publicly addressed why she will not be returning as Kira Yukimura for the upcoming Paramount Plus Teen Wolf film.
First reported by Deadline back in February, Cho declined to return for the Teen Wolf movie due to having been offered half the per-episode salary of the three fellow actresses. Cho was the only woman ofcolor out of the show's four regular female cast members and was a love interest for one of the male leads, Scott McCall (Tyler Posey).
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Cho, who played Kira from 2014 to 2016 before being abruptly dropped during the hiatus between seasons five and six, has now confirmed that she was offered significantly less pay than her fellow cast members. “I think I was actually offered even less,” Cho said when asked about her salary during an interview with The Cut. “I probably would’ve never shared it." Cho went on to share that this experience as an Asian American actress is not a unique situation.
Many other professionals in Hollywood have stepped forward in recent years to share their struggles with pay inequality in the workforce, whether it be acting, producing, or working on a set. “I could probably, off the top of my head, think of over ten Asian American actors I know who were paid significantly less than their counterparts,” Cho said in her interview. «Sometimes you don’t have a choice to say ‘no.’ Sometimes you just need it. You’ve got bills to pay. I wasn’t saying ‘no’ necessarily for me or because I was angry. I was saying ‘no’ because I hope that there will be more equality in the future.»
Cho became a regular Teen Wolf cast member during season four. After receiving the call that she would not return as
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