‘21 Jump Street’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

Following a profitable run on Fox, 21 Jump Street and its forged have continued to discover a place for themselves within the leisure business.

The crime drama, which ran from 1987 to 1991, launched viewers to stars together with Johnny Depp, Peter DeLuise and Holly Robinson Peete, and centered on undercover law enforcement officials who investigated crimes in excessive colleges and schools. After wrapping up after 5 seasons, the hit collection impressed a short-lived spinoff titled Booker in regards to the character Dennis Booker (Richard Grieco).

A movie adaptation was later developed with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum bringing the beloved collection to the massive display in 2012. The film, which included cameos from Depp, Peete and DeLuise, additionally obtained a sequel titled 22 Jump Street.

More than 20 years after 21 Jump Street initially debuted, Nguyen opened up about bringing the trailblazing function of Harry Truman Ioki to life.

“I remember some of my peers, talking to them while I was doing 21 Jump Street and they expressed a lot of frustration, sharing with me about the really bad dialogue and all the clichés [they were being offered],” the actor advised Today in June 2022 about being a part of the favored TV collection.

He continued: “I just had one of those moments like, ‘Oh my God, I’m on this show, and I have none of that.’ I just love the way the character was written. I’m very fortunate where I never was in a position where I felt like I was portraying something that was uncomfortable.”

For Nguyen, attending to play a significant function that supplied illustration to the Asian American group was the spotlight of his profession. “I got kind of spoiled because after I left the show, then you’re kind of back out there and you’re like, ‘Oh man, I had a really good thing,’” he continued. “I don’t sit and think about ‘I’m a pioneer’ and this and that — you’re just focused on getting another job to keep working — but it means a lot to me.”

The filmmaker additionally praised the legacy that 21 Jump Street was in a position to go away behind. “It was actually very progressive back then. I was just kind of ignorant in terms of the significance until the show became a hit and people would start saying, ‘You’re one of the few, if not the only, Asian American leads on a mainstream TV series,’ and that hit me kind of hard,” he shared.

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