I knew that not many people knew I was part Japanese. Sal got wind, the wardrobe designer, and told Mindy, and then Lang came up to me being like, “Hey, were you speaking in Japanese with Yuko?” I thought I was in trouble for a minute. I was speaking Japanese with Yuko and I knew by her name she was Japanese so I asked her if she spoke Japanese and we started conversing. Originally I was Paxton Hall, typical preppy white heartthrob kid. Barnet recalled this story in an interview with Buzzfeed: It wasn’t until he was overheard speaking Japanese on set that his character was altered to be mixed-Japanese.
When Japanese-American actor Darren Barnet was originally cast to play Paxton, his character was not Japanese. **Spoiler warning for Never Have I Ever seasons 1–2.** Season two remedied this and gave Paxton a significant amount of material and character development that focused on a number of important issues related to the depiction and history of Japanese-Americans. While season one gave Ben an entire episode to further explore his character, Paxton was left out to dry, much to the chagrin of fans of the character.
One love interest is Ben Gross, a Jewish sophomore with whom she frequently verbally spars, and the other is Paxton Hall-Yoshida, a popular Japanese-American junior who is on the swim team. Devi’s two best friends are Fabiola Torres, a queer Afro-Latinx character, and Eleanor Wong, a Chinese-American character.ĭevi also finds herself in a love triangle with two boys. For starters, Devi Vishakumar and her immediate family members are Indian-American. Its lead characters are incredibly diverse.
Paxton from never have i ever series#
When Netflix’s Never Have I Ever first premiered in 2020, the series was hailed as a groundbreaking coming-of-age series with a South Asian lead.
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