Lily Gladstone on Her Rom-Com Turn in ‘The Wedding Banquet’: “I Imagined Myself in Comedy”
Kirsten Chuba
The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After her somber, awards-nominated roles in Killers of the Flower Moon and Under the Bridge, Lily Gladstone has quickly established herself as a top dramatic actress in Hollywood — but she wants you to know she can do comedy, too.
Gladstone makes a rom-com pivot with The Wedding Banquet, starring alongside Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran and Han Gi-chan in a remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 original Taiwanese-American film. Gladstone and Tran play a lesbian couple, with Tran’s character, Angela, agreeing to marry Han’s character, Min — who is dating Yang’s Chris — to get him a green card, in exchange for paying for her IVF treatment. Things quickly get complicated when Min’s grandmother discovers he’s getting married.
For Gladstone, taking on a comedy “felt like a return to origin. I’m naturally kind of a goofy person; when I was a kid and thought I had any...See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News