Victor Cook’s Daughter Inspires Cartoon Character

Victor Cook, whom we interviewed here on HalfKorean.com last year, recently found out that his daughter was one of the inspirations for a character on Cartoon Network’s cartoon series Young Justice.

Victor had no idea until he read a quote from his good friend and colleague Greg Weisman, who serves as a producer on Young Justice. The two had worked together most recently on The Spectacular Spider-Man series.

Hanah was chosen due to her being half Asian and half Caucasian with naturally blonde hair. Interestingly enough, Victor and his wife Sonia are both Korean/Caucasian and, of course, their children are the same mix.

The Artemis character in Cartoon Network’s Young Justice series is Vietnamese/Caucasian and has blonde hair.

Here is the quote from Greg Weisman on Artemis’ features and why he chose Hanah as an inspiration for the character:

Victor Cook’s daughter is naturally blonde, though she’s one-half Korean on BOTH parents’ side, making her one-half Asian total. She, in part, served as one of our inspirations for Artemis.

A cool side note to the super-heroine, huh?

Sources/Links:
Artemis / Young Justice Wiki
Young Justice on Cartoon Network
Young Justice on Wikipedia
Greg Weisman Quote on TotalRandomness Blog