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...parents didn't feel like acting was a viable career option. No one in my family was involved in theater, and they thought I needed to get into medicine. Even law was a stretch," recalls Ashong with a smile. "When I was little, though, I wanted to be an actor...
...ability to break the mold doesn't surprise those who know Ashong...
...focus can make him tough to be live with. Roommates say Ashong can be high-strung. It also made it difficult for his parents to understand why he would want to make the jump from music to acting last summer after he'd spent so much time composing and playing. In July, when Ashong announced he was thinking about looking for an acting agent, his parents were horrified...
...again, Ashong's shifting interests were deliberate and measured. He had received repeated assurances from Georgetta Banks, an L.A. entertainment insider then at the Kennedy School, that he could really make it as an actor...
...really scared. There were all these other actors who were like, 'I'm with SAG [Screen Actors Guild]' and they had these portfolios. I didn't even know what SAG was, and my pictures were these little things my friend took. I was like, 'Wow, I'm dead,'" Ashong remembers. "The only productions I'd ever been in were Black CAST shows at school...