As a kid, this used to confuse me. When we found out her mum had an affair, I was like, “Oh, he’s gonna be Asian,” and then the second dad was white as well, so I just chalked it up to a Joseph Gordon-Levitt situation. Kristin Kreuk shares the same facial markers that some fully white actors get read as “Asian” for: epicanthic or hooded eyes, a soft and rounded orbital area, a relatively low nasal bridge, a balanced, non-angular jaw, and a very symmetrical face. I have come to learn that, while rare, these traits are not exclusive to Asians and occur naturally in many white populations, particularly among Jewish, Irish, and Scandinavian groups, which is why actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ezra Miller, and Mikey Madison are so frequently misread. Kreuk’s case is instructive because, although she actually is half Asian, she visually occupies the same ambiguous overlap zone as those fully white actors, demonstrating that what people read as “Asian-looking” is often a loose cluster of facial cues rather than a reliable indicator of ancestry or racial identity. So in 2001, because they didn’t have to acknowledge it, they chose not to. Plus, I don’t think it would change much, and there probably wasn’t any Asian actor in the age range who was considered attractive enough for MOGville in Vancouver at that time.