Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran has revealed that she is queer.
The 35-year-old star, who made her Star Wars sequel debut as Rose Tico in The Last Jedi, came out while promoting her upcoming romantic comedy The Wedding Banquet.
talking to vanity fairHe confessed, “I haven’t said it publicly yet, but I’m a queer person.”
Of working on the film, which also stars Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, Tran recalled: “I’m here making this incredible movie with these incredible people. I’ve never been in a queer space before. I’ve never felt so accepted before.” .
He added: “What really excited me was that 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.”
Kelly plays Angela, ‘a woman trying to have a baby via IVF with her girlfriend Lee (Gladstone)’, in the reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 film, according to a E.W. synopsis.
Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran has revealed that she is queer; photographed in December 2019
The 35-year-old star, who made his Star Wars debut in the recent sequel series, came out while promoting his upcoming romantic comedy The Wedding Banquet.
Their best friends Chris (Yang) and his partner Min (Han Gi-chan) live in the couple’s guesthouse.
Production on the film began in Vancouver earlier this year.
The plot “follows what happens when Min’s boyfriend, Chris, rejects her marriage proposal,” according to Variety.
According to the outlet, ‘Min convinces his best friend Angela to marry him and pays for his partner Liz’s IVF treatments in exchange for her green card.
“However, things start to fall apart when Min’s grandmother makes a surprise trip from Seoul to throw the couple a Korean wedding banquet.”
The original ’90s film earned Lee an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and starred Winston Chao, May Chin and Ah-Lei Gua.
Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen, executive producer of the film, said in a statement in April: “I’m thrilled to reteam with my long-time friend and colleague, James Schamus, on this inspired reinvention of a classic romantic comedy. for the modern era.’
He added: “Andrew Ahn is a force to be reckoned with and I’m very excited to see the new heights to which he and James will take this story.”
Kelly first appeared as Rose Tico in The Last Jedi (2017); Pictured with co-star John Boyega.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, she confessed: ‘I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I am a queer person’; photographed in 2020 in Hollywood
Of working on the film, which also stars Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, Tran recalled: ‘I’m here making this incredible film with these incredible people. I’ve never been in a queer space before. I’ve never felt so accepted before.’ ; photographed in 2019
In 2021, Kelly Marie said she’s “much happier” without social media and doesn’t think she’ll ever use it again.
She spoke while appearing on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter and discussing her involvement in Star Wars, as well as her new Disney film, Raya And The Last Dragon.
When she was cast in 2017’s The Last Jedi, internet trolls bombarded her with racist vitriol and harassment, forcing her to delete social media.
When asked if he would ever return, he said no, explaining, “I’ve actually been a lot happier without being on the Internet.”
“My agents have told me that I will give up associating with brands, but I am not here to sell flat stomach tea to young girls.”