Bowen Yang and Wedding Banquet team talk Fire Island reunions, Vancouver bonding and the Lady Gaga effect

Bowen Yang and Wedding Banquet team talk Fire Island reunions, Vancouver bonding and the Lady Gaga effect

Yang, castmate Han Gi-chan and director Andrew Ahn sit down with Attitude to reminisce on shooting their new uber-queer dramedy The post Bowen Yang and Wedding Banquet team talk Fire Island reunions, Vancouver bonding and the Lady Gaga effect appeared first on Attitude.

Bowen Yang, Andrew Ahn, Han Gi-Chan on The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet has been given a modern twist in Andrew Ahn’s remake of Ang Lee’s classic, and to mark the release we spoke to the talented filmmaker alongside two of his leading stars, Bowen Yang and Han Gi-Chan. We discuss the movie and it’s relevance in a contemporary world, while Yang and Ahn speak of their continuing collaboration, and Gi-Chan chats about his first foray into the English language. Watch the interview in its entirety bel…

Interview: Andrew Ahn on remaking Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet and exploring queer identity on screen - The AU Review

A reimagining of Ang Lee’s acclaimed 1993 romantic comedy, The Wedding Banquet is a joyful, exuberant, fresh take on the genre, featuring a hilarious cast of multigenerational talent, headlined by Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang. Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for...

Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone Star In "The Wedding Banquet"

From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his comm…