‘Shogun’s’ Hiroyuki Sanada Can’t Wait for Cast Reunion at the Emmys: ‘It’s Been Two Years’
The name on everybody’s lips at this week’s Emmys is FX’s “Shōgun.”
Emmy-nominated actor and producer Hiroyuki Sanada was looking forward to seeing his fellow cast members at Sunday’s show. “I haven’t seen them in maybe two years,” he told Variety. “I’m looking forward to a reunion.
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Sanada, co-star Anna Sawai, and showrunners Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks were among the Emmy-nominated attendees at Gold House‘s inaugural One House Toast to the Emmys.
In partnership with Blackhouse, CAPE, GLAAD, IllumiNative, Latinx House, MPAC, NAACP, NALIP, NHMC, PEAK, Pillars, RespectAbility, Macro, Nissan and the Television Academy, Gold House honored the 2024 multicultural nominees and achievements across filmmaking at the celebration on Thursday night at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills.
It was a diverse year for Emmy nominations with 30 people of color nominated across all acting categories. Lily Gladstone (“Under the Bridge”) and Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”) became the first Indigenous women to be nominated for acting Emmys. FX’s final season of “Reservation Dogs” scored a long overdue nomination for outstanding comedy series. Star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai became the first Indigenous lead actor in TV Academy history to be nominated, and “Shōgun” delivered the majority of AAPI acting nominees this year,
“Shōgun” broke the record for most wins in one season when it took home 14 trophies at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. Kondo, who was in the audience, was still in shock with its haul. She said, “We won in categories I didn’t think we’d win in.”
Actress Moeka Hoshi, who plays Usami Fuji in the show, revealed the One House Toast was her first Hollywood party and she, like many, was “there to have fun and enjoy the love for the show.” Hoshi also admitted she was monitoring the awards prediction pages. “I’m always looking to see where ‘Shogun’ is,” she laughed.
The One House Toast is a continuation of Gold House’s mission to reshape Asian Pacific and multicultural representation in front of and behind the camera. In the past year, Gold House has provided industry-defining research, cultural consultation, investments, and marketing on over 100 films and TV shows, including “Shogun,” “Pachinko” and Sean Wang’s coming-of-age film “Didi.”
In her opening remarks, Tiffany Chao, Vice President of Entertainment and Media at Gold House, said, “It’s on TV that we’re seeing progress — the stories we watch are starting to reflect the diversity of our real world. Just in this room, we have over twenty Emmy nominees from across the Asian, Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities.”
Stacey Walker King, Chief Brand Officer of Macro stated, “there was a time not too long ago we couldn’t build a room like this for a celebration because it didn’t exist. For anyone who played a part in that, we should be clapping for yourselves.”
Other notable guests included “Quiz Lady” actors Awkwafina and Sandra Oh, writer Jen D’Angelo, “What We Do in the Shadows” writers Jake Bender and Zach Dunn, “True Detective: Night Country” actor Kali Reis), “Queer Eye” host Bobby Berk) and “Fargo” executive producer Warren Littlefield.
Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau and Tom Goodman-Hill from Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” made a pit stop at the event following a Q&A. Goodman-Hill couldn’t believe “Baby Reindeer’s” success and was still in shock at his Emmy nomination in the supporting actor category. “I just can’t believe I’m going to be in that room. It blows my mind. I’m thoroughly looking forward and to seeing people that I’ve known for years. There’ll be people that I’ve watched my whole life, and I’m going to be in that room with them. I can’t believe it.”
And who is he looking forward to seeing the most? Goodman-Hill replied, “Robert Downey Jr. It blows my mind that we’re even in the same category.”
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