F9 star Sung Kang experienced his own Snyder Cut moment when he was a kid by signing a petition to save one of his favorite TV series from cancellation.
"I would say the closest I ever got to was when I was a kid, but it was prior to social media, so I could not really rally the troops. It was when Diff'rent Strokes went off the air," Kang said in an interview with Tara Hitchcock. "When Diff'rent Strokes went off the air, I was devastated, and I created a petition of like five people and didn't know where to send it."
Kang went on to say that he is a big fan of Diff'rent Strokes star Gary Coleman and that he has seen all his work. "I know it sounds weird. The dude from Fast & Furious to look up to Gary Coleman but, come on, he was such a cute kid."
Kang stars as Han Lue in the Fast & Furious franchise and has appeared in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 and Furious 7. While the character was presumed dead, he will be making his triumphant return in the upcoming F9, which premieres on June 25 in the USA.
Diff'rent Strokes starred Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two Black boys from Harlem who are taken in by rich businessman Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) and his daughter (Dana Plato) after their mother dies. The series aired on NBC from 1978 to 1985 and on ABC from 1985 to 1986 and ran for a total of 8 seasons and 189 episodes.
The synopsis for F9 can be found below:
Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he's going to save those he loves most. His crew joins together to stop a world-shattering plot led by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered: a man who also happens to be Dom’s forsaken brother, Jakob.
Directed by Justin Lin, F9 stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron. The film arrives in theaters June 25.
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