The tall, dark-skinned Wang had portrayed Taiwanese Aborigines, Mongolians, Japanese and Koreans, but this would be his first non-Asian role. Wang recalls spending the afternoon watching two Mexican films to prepare, and then winging it. Wang says that he made history as the first Asian actor to play a non-Asian role in a non-Asian country. WARTIME THESPIANGeorge Wang plays a Mexican outlaw in the 1967 spaghetti Western, Colt in the Hand of the Devil. Photo courtesy of Taiwan Film InstituteWang seems to have spoken to locals at length about the 228 Incident while in Taiwan and understood the causes.

Source: Taipei Times March 20, 2021 15:56 UTC