 This stereotype had received wider usage as a backlash due to Sessue Hayakawa's status as a sex symbol back in old Hollywood in the 1920s.In the documentary "The Slanted Screen", Filipino American director Gene Cajayon talks about the revised ending for the 2000 action movie "Romeo Must Die", a retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" in which Aaliyah plays Juliet to Jet Li's Romeo.The original ending had Aaliyah kissing Chinese actor Li, which would have explained the title of Romeo, a scenario that did not test well with an urban audience.