Kelly Marie Tran is coming out.
In a new interview, the 35-year-old actress, who played Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel series, came out publicly as queer while discussing her role in the upcoming remake of Ang Lee‘s queer rom-com The Wedding Banquet.
Keep reading to find out more…“I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” Kelly shared with Vanity Fair.
She then went on to talk about her involvement in queer filmmaker Andrew Ahn‘s remake of The Wedding Banquet, saying, “The thing that really excited me about it was I got to play a person that I felt like I knew. I don’t feel like I’m acting at all in this movie.”
“I’m here doing this amazing movie with these amazing people,” Kelly continued. “I’ve never been in a queer space before. I’ve never truly felt this accepted before.”
In the re-imagining of The Wedding Banquet, Kelly will be playing, Angela, “a woman trying to have a baby through IVF with her girlfriend Lee (played by Academy Award-nominated actress Lily Gladstone). Residing in their guest home are their best pals Chris (Bowen Yang) and his partner Min (Han Gi-chan). Min, under pressure to return to his native Korea to take over the family business, hatches a plan with Angela: a fake wedding, so he could secure a green card and Angela could raise funds for IVF treatment — all while pleasing Min’s old-fashioned family back home,” according to EW.
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