Monsterland's Trieu Tran was stunned that, as an Asian-American, he landed a fleshed-out leading role

Variety

“When I was reading the script, I’m like, ‘Man, I finally get to play a fleshed-out character with an arc,” Tran tells Variety. “He’s Asian American, he’s the lead and in a romantic role. He gets the girl.” Tran says in the wake of Crazy Rich Asians' success, he's seeing more roles like that of Sharko, which was written for a Vietnamese-American actor.