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Vancouver actor Ricky He adds romantic comedy role to his resume

Article content Ricky He is kidding around again. The Vancouver actor plays a fun-loving, high-school senior named Blake in the new romantic comedy Worth the Wait. Article content 'I thought playing high school was behind me, but I guess Blake proved that door was still wide open,' said the 29-year-old He with a laugh. 'I just have one of those faces, I guess.' Article content It's a point that's proven by the fact that he is almost always cast to play a younger character. Article content Article content A few years back, he was teen Kellan Park in a recurring role on The Good Doctor. And, recently, he has been seen as Kenny, the early 20-something deputy sheriff in the hit Russo Brothers-produced TV sci-fi horror series From. Article content Landing in time for Asian Heritage Month, the Maple Ridge-shot Worth the Wait premieres on May 23 on the streaming service Tubi. Directed by Tom Shu-Yu Lin, the film follows eight different Seattle-area couples at varying stages of their relationships, good and bad. Article content Article content He's character, Blake, is a prank-loving teenager whose mother died a few years earlier, leaving his older sister as his guardian. Blake is dating another high-school senior, Riley (Ali Fumiko Whitney). Their love story is a bit of a star-crossed situation as Riley's uncle (Sung-Ho Kang) is not thrilled when he finds out that Blake is dating his niece. Article content Article content 'Blake is kind of all over the place,' said He about his online content-creating character. 'I think at the end of the day, at the heart of it, he's a kid that's trying to stay optimistic in light of all of his circumstances. I think that he realizes that as hard and as difficult it is for him to stay optimistic, he realizes that the world must have an equally difficult time. Article content Article content The film hits a lot of emotional buttons. There's young love, long-distance love, familial love and, of course, heartbreak in its many forms. Article content 'When you kind of get into the meat and potatoes, you realize, oh yeah, this is a little bit more complex … It really is a story with a lot heart. It's certainly a story with lots of heartbreak, but it doesn't kind of lose that rom-com sensibility,' said He. 'I thought maybe this would be something that I could just kind of waltz in and have an easy, breezy time in terms of emotional prep. Then once I read the script, it was, oh yeah, we got our work cut out for us.'