Steven Yeun: ‘I deeply wanted to connect, so I would break myself to try and conform’

The Korean-American actor has spent his career living a dual existence. He speaks about the Oscar buzz around his new film Minari, and why he loves the Fresh Prince

Growing up, Steven Yeun had two personalities. At school, he says, he was subdued, but at home, or the Korean church his family attended, he was more assertive. Seeking a kindred spirit for this sense of dislocation, he found one on TV, sat on a throne as the Prince of Bel-Air. I was really drawn to Will Smith," Yeun remembers. When you think about the Fresh Prince, it was kind of that concept. He's caught between places, just trying to be himself."

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