'Grey's Anatomy' Star Alex Landi Talks Asian & LGBTQ Media Representation

Alex Landi plays Grey's Anatomy's first gay male surgeon and it's yet another milestone effort in representation for the Asian and LGBTQ community. Thankfully, Landi knows the importance of the opportunity and is happy to take on such a rare hybrid seen to the primetime TV network audience. 

"I'm just glad that I can give everyone a voice," the budding actor said in a recent interview of his role on the long-running drama series. "Asians are represented I think by less than 3 percent in entertainment, LGBTQ being less than 1 percent, so for them to combine both of those categories into one role is super special, and I’m so happy that I can take that on." 

When it comes to portraying Dr. Nico Kim, Landi said that he's hoping that he can take the two marginalized groups and make them proud by eliminating the current stereotypes. "I just hope I do it right. I just hope the way I do it is accepted by everyone," he explained. "I want to take these two categories and make everyone look strong. I want to get rid of that stereotype and give them a different look on the LGBTQ community. I just hope I’m making everyone proud."

Season 15 of Grey's Anatomy is currently on hiatus for the holidays but is expected to return to your TV screens in January 2019.

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