Kal Penn on his unlikely stardom
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Kal Pen remembers the exact moment his life changed. It was during a school production of "The Wiz" in suburban New Jersey: "I got cast as the Tin Man, and it was just the first time I experienced being in the zone as an actor.
"I put the axe up and I turned to the audience and I say, 'All you fine ladies out there …' and I just did this pelvic thrust, and the crowd went nuts! And I was just, like, That feeling was interesting."
"Interesting," because it gave Penn (born Kalpen Suresh Modi) a way to navigate his world, going from a self-described "skinny Brown kid from New Jersey" to a star, in films like "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," and TV shows like "Sunnyside."
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