I think I mentioned this a while back, when it was first announced... Former Lost star Ian Somerhalder stars in the upcoming Hallmark Channel movie Marco Polo, about the 13th century Venetian who traveled the Silk Road through Asia: 'Lost' star travels east in 'Marco Polo'. A world premiere Hallmark Original Movie Event! Yay, big deal. They'll probably show him "discovering" pasta, learning how awesome the Orient is, and falling in love with an Asian girl or two along the way. Yawn.

Oh yeah, B.D. Wong plays Polo's "faithful servant-cum-companion" Pedro(?), who accompanies him throughout his travels. Glad they managed to stick an Asian in this story somewhere, albeit as March Polo's sidekick... But wait! Here's the big kicker. Kublai Khan, Mongol conqueror of the East, is played by none other than Brian Dennehy. Yeah, the bad guy sheriff in the first Rambo. NICE. I was just thinking that it had been a while since I saw a really good example of a white dude playing an Asian guy. Hollywood, you never let us down. Bring on the yellowface!