He explained to Attitude how, growing up, he’d watch “tons of movies” but that the “leading men were white.
Landi went on to discuss the lack of people of colour on television, I love how diverse Grey’s Anatomy is, says Alex Landi Levi Schmitt, a closeted intern played by Jake Borelli, who recently came out as gay himself. “Why can’t there be an Asian James Bond? Why can’t there be an Asian Marvel superhero?”ĭr. Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll went viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia claims that have been widely debunked.
Land’s character was introduced in the fifteenth season of the show, which is still ongoing. Less than three percent of Asians are represented on TV, and less than 1 per cent are LGBT+, so for them to combine both of those minorities in one role is great.” Asian men are not seen as masculine in the media and that is something that I am striving to change. He continued: “I’m trying to break stereotypes. Landi pointed out that fan favourite Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) was the first Asian doctor on the show, but that he was the first openly gay male surgeon.
