From a BBC audio interview:
KPop Demon Hunters actor Arden Cho says she's made peace with the bullies who treated her as if she didn't belong...
"I'm not part demon, part human," she jokes - "[but] it just felt so comfortable and natural because I knew what that felt like, right? Being born in America, feeling American, but having people treat me like I'm not."
Arden was born and raised in Texas, US. She went to high school in Minnesota and college in Illinois, and when people ask, she tells them she's "sort of from everywhere."
She's the daughter of Korean immigrants, and faced racism growing up. Now she makes peace with this by reminding herself of the reasons behind it.
"If, like, teachers or adults were bullies to me and I experienced that, you know, now I know as an adult, like... they're hurt. They're broken themselves," she says.
Arden can't believe how much things have shifted, now that Korean culture is so popular worldwide.
"I can't believe I grew up so ashamed and embarrassed of my Korean culture, mainly because of bullies," she says. "And now those are the kids saying, oh, where do I find that food? Where do I listen to that music?"
Arden herself has become a leading role model for Asian American children - the kind she says she lacked when she was young.
"Now, like, all my nieces and nephews and all my friend's kids, they are so cool. They're like, they're just cool to be Korean, right? I mean, who knew?"
It's all been a revelation for her.
"This has been such a refreshing moment where for the first time I'm really proud to be Korean, to be Korean-American."
