Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens engages in a courtship/relationship with a woman. But for the renowned stage and screen actor, Nora’s dad Wally having a girlfriend is a signal of progress.
Wong is a pioneer of Asian and gay representation, having played queer roles in M. Butterfly on Broadway, in the movies And the Band Played On and The Normal Heart, and in the USA series Mr.
Robot. But he’s never truly been given a character with a love story, and it matters“After a long line of playing very clinical doctors and scientists and stuff like that, that I’ve also enjoyed doing, [the Nora From Queens character] is something that scratches another edge,” Wong says.