Daniel Dae Kim has called out what he referred to as “overcorrection” on nationality-specific casting for Asian characters. The Lost star said in a new interview that there is more effort on the actor being cast in the role of an Asian character belonging to the specific nationality, instead of writing a better character.

"Anytime there's a role that focuses, to me, on the American experience of being Asian — that's something that no matter [if] you're Korean, Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, that's something we all share in common as Asian Americans,

Daniel Dae Kim believes there has been an 'overcorrection' in nationality-specific casting for Asian roles, and thinks that many Asian American characters don't 'require any kind of specificity.'