‘The Wedding Banquet’ Helped Kelly Marie Tran Embrace Her True Self Without Regrets
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Andrew Ahn's new movie, which also stars Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang, is a reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy.
Kelly Marie Tran can proudly tout “The Wedding Banquet” as a personal milestone even before the film opens in theaters Friday.
Tran and her co-stars Han Gi-chan, Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang teased their performances in the remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy, directed by Andrew Ahn, in a Vanity Fair feature last fall. In her interview, Tran confirmed she’s queer for the first time publicly. Five months later, she has no regrets.
“I wasn’t planning to come out at all,” the “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” actor told HuffPost. “But this film was such a warm hug of an experience. I remember thinking, ‘I don’t want to hide this part of myself,’ and how hypocritical it would be to enjoy the benefits of this experience and not share that part of me. I’m glad it happened in a way that was natural.”
It’s easy to see why Tran felt encouraged by the quirky charms of “The Wedding Banquet.” The movie follows a Seattle lesbian couple, Angela (Tran) and Lee (Gladstone), who are preparing to start a family.
When an in vitro fertilization treatment leaves them strapped for cash, the women hatch a plan with their gay pals Chris (Yang) and Min (Han), who are also a couple. Angela will marry Min so that she can access his family wealth and he, in turn, can secure a green card to remain in the U.S. and away from his stern Korean grandmother (Youn Yuh-jung). In true rom-com fashion, hijinks soon ensue.
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