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Bee Vang (born November 4, 1991) is an American actor. He is the co-star of Clint Eastwood's 2008 film ''Gran Torino'', playing the character Thao Vang Lor. Before this role, he did not have any known acting experience.〔 == Personal life == Vang was born in Fresno, California, four years after his Hmong parents emigrated from Thailand. He had five brothers and one sister.〔"''Gran Torino'' He resided in the Twin Cities area. He grew up in a neighborhood in Minneapolis that he described as "poor." He later lived in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.〔Xamoua. "("Gran Torino" interview with Bee Vang )." ''Hmong Today'' at ''Twin Cities Daily Planet''. January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 14, 2012.〕 For his freshman year he attended Patrick Henry High School, and he was in the University of Minnesota's advanced program.〔C. J. "(A big, new Hollywood star? Why, he says: 'No, I'm Bee Vang' )." ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''. February 9, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.〕 He also attended Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota. Vang, before being cast in ''Gran Torino'', had planned to go into a premed program.〔Schein, Louisa. "(Hmong Actors Making History Part 2: Meet the Gran Torino Family )." ''Hmong Today'' at ''New America Media. October 4, 2008. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.〕 Due to his role in ''Gran Torino'', Vang considered getting into filmmaking.〔Baenen, Jeff. "(Teen makes acting debut after auditioning 'on a lark' )." ''Associated Press'' at the ''The Post and Courier''. Tuesday January 20, 2009. 2A. Retrieved from Google News (2 of 21) on March 17, 2012.〕 He attends Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.〔 At Brown Vang planned to pursue an acting career and study filmmaking and the Chinese language.〔"''Gran Torino'' As a youth he mainly watched Asian films. In an interview Vang said that from his early teenage years he had watched various western films, including ''Clockwork Orange'', ''Heaven & Earth'', ''Heavenly Creatures'', ''Rambo'', and other war movies.〔"''Gran Torinos Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 2.〕 He also watched Clint Eastwood westerns,〔"(Bee Vang feels lucky: Actor debuts opposite Eastwood in 'Gran Torino' )." ''Salisbury Post''. Tuesday January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.〕 and had been a fan of Eastwood for a long period of time. Vang owned copies of several films starring Eastwood, such as ''Dirty Harry'', ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', and ''Letters from Iwo Jima''.〔 Vang said that he had a preference for Asian films, and specifically the original language versions with English subtitles. In an interview he criticized the film ''Heaven & Earth''.〔 By 2010,〔"(After Gran Torino: Forum on Race, Violence, Sexuality, and Asian American Masculinities )." ((Archive )) University of California Berkeley.〕 Vang became an activist.〔"(Beyond Gran Torino: Hmong and Media Futures (Lecture) )." ((Archive )) Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. Retrieved on March 18, 2012.〕 Vang collaborates on social justice film, internet, and print products with Louisa Schein, a Hmong media expert, Va-Megn Thoj, a Hmong filmmaker, and Ly Chong Thong Jalao, a University of California Santa Barbara Ph.D. student. Vang travels around the United States doing public speaking regarding ''Gran Torino'' and post-''Gran Torino'' issues related to the Hmong community.〔 In 2011 Vang wrote an editorial criticizing a ''KDWB'' radio comedy segment, saying that it offensively portrayed Hmong people.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bee Vang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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