Origin of James Hong's code name "Alpha" in "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Submitted by LawbringerBri t3_11dhchq in movies

I was just wondering if there's an insider out there who knows whether James Hong was the one who chose his codename to be "Alpha", and whether he chose that codename as a throwback to when he worked as voice actor for the 2010 video game "Alpha Protocol". He voice acted a the head of the Chinese Triads, Hong Shi, and the videogame used his likeness when making the character model.

Of course, maybe the writers just chose that name because they needed a name that implied he was the leader.

Edit: so alpha isn't exactly the codename but it's just part of the nomenclature for everyone from the Alpha verse, my bad. Maybe James Hong had a hand in picking the alternative universe's name so he could be called Alpha Gong Gong? Probably a far fetched chance XD

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Sandmsounds t1_ja8malr wrote

They came from the Alpha Verse, meaning everyone that joined them about halfway through the film was an Alpha version of their normal selves.

Hard to say who picked though.

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LawbringerBri OP t1_ja8nr6d wrote

Right but didn't they specifically call him just "Alpha" though?

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ShaunTrek t1_ja8s4l3 wrote

He literally yells "I am Alpha Gong Gong!" when he shows up.

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jamesneysmith t1_ja8yunj wrote

They're all alpha from that universe. The Waymond from that universe is 'Alpha Waymond'

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Seaborn63 t1_ja8pyuw wrote

From Wikipedia for "Alpha":

>As the first letter of the alphabet, Alpha as a Greek numeral came to represent the number 1. Therefore, Alpha, both as a symbol and term, is used to refer to the "first", or "primary", or "principal" (most significant) occurrence or status of a thing.

Since they were the first "verse" to make contact with another, they became the "Alpha Verse". Same reason games/software are first "released" in an alpha-state.

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Sojourner_Truth t1_ja8qwrr wrote

...probably not, dude.

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LawbringerBri OP t1_ja94q6r wrote

Worth a try. I love seeing Asian actors get the spotlight these days because they deserve it after sticking it out for so long in less known stuff like his older movies and Alpha Protocol.

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