‘Star Wars’ Actress Says She Was ‘Ridiculed’ Before Coming Out as Queer

‘Star Wars’ Actress Says She Was ‘Ridiculed’ Before Coming Out as Queer

Kelly Marie Tran opened up about her experience of coming out as “a queer person” after facing intense backlash from Star Wars fans. “I was already being ridiculed. There were comments about my race or comments about me being a woman [from Star Wars fans]. I already felt like I was being persecuted for those things,” Tran, 36, told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Thursday, April 17. The actress was thrust into international fame o…

Kelly Marie Tran Was a Queer Icon Long Before 'The Wedding Banquet'

Finally, the world is catching up to how excellent Kelly Marie Tran is. Tran was already leaving an impact in the mid-2010s with her standout guest appearances on various CollegeHumor sketches, but she really excelled with her big feature film... Read more...

Kelly Marie Tran on coming out in spite of public harassment she endured with 'Star Wars'

The "Star Wars" alum talks the transformative and joyous experience on set of queer rom-com "The Wedding Banquet," which led to her public coming out.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Kelly Marie Tran attends the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Wedding Banquet' on April 14, 2024For Kelly Marie Tran, working on The Wedding Banquet was transformative in more ways than one.The foreign experience of being on a predominantly queer set for the rom-com, a remake of…

Kelly Marie Tran Says Racism in 'Star Wars' Fandom Is a 'Microcosm for the Social Climate We’re Living In'

Kelly Marie Tran recently reflected on the hate she and her character Rose Tico received when “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was released in 2017, calling the bullying that drove her off social media “a microcosm for the social climate that we’re living in.” Tran, who co-stars in Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding Banquet” remake, said what she and co-star John Boyega experienced after joining the franchise happens “pretty consistently to actors of color who…

'Star Wars' Actress Plays Victim Card, Says She Was 'Persecuted' By Racist Fans

Kelly Marie Tran played the character "Rose" in the most recent "Star Wars" trilogy, and boy oh boy is she going to ride the victim card as hard as humanly possible for the rest of her career. Tran's character played a small, but important role in "The Last Jedi," joining John Boyega's "Finn" on a side quest during the story that wound up being completely pointless. "Rose" was a mostly forgettable part of the "Star Wars" universe, and was virtua…

'Star Wars' Actress Kelly Marie Tran Opens Up About Why She Came Out Publicly: 'It's Bigger Than Me'

"We need to be open and celebrating these parts of our identities that we've been taught to be ashamed of," said 'The Wedding Banquet' starNico Reano for Them Kelly Marie Tran for ThemKelly Marie Tran opened up about her decision to come out as queer last year in a new interview with Them"I think what’s really important to me is to remind myself that it’s bigger than me," the Wedding Banquet actress saidTran, who's also known for her role as Ros…