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Bowen Yang affirms everything in the happy remake of Andrew Ahn of The wedding banquet.
Without giving too far, an unexpected connection occurs between the Saturday Night Live The character of Breakout, Chris, and an improbable person in the adaptation of the classic cult of 1993 of Ang Lee (although he is not too surprising for those who know the original function). Yang was fully committed to the stage, who sees his character wake up from horror in the morning and blush his naked buttocks briefly while he jumps out of bed.
“It was something that for anyone other than Andrew Ahn, I would have said:” Let’s talk about the cover “and” I’m not going to show Nip “and” I’m not going to show butt “,” said Yang Weekly entertainment of the memorable scene. “I would have become really granular on this subject. But there was just something to play from the comedy of this scene, which is a moment so shocking. And then you are supposed to believe that these two people are so good to overcome it and then have immediately to undress the house in a way that cleanses the issues.”
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“There was no hesitation at the end because it was so full,” adds Yang of the scene. “I just think that it is a very important part of the story, that you see these two people jumping from the bed, shouting, then saying:” It means nothing. Okay, goodbye! “”
And while the butt pads have played a considerable role in Hollywood lately, Yang shares that the buttocks on the screen were the real deal. “You can say from the flat topography of my buttocks that I desensate,” he quips.
AHN’s remake remains faithful to Lee’s original film while incorporating modern sensitivities. As Chris, Yang is the boyfriend Phobe of Min’s commitment (Han Gi-Chan), the closed heir of a Korean business empire working in the United States on a visa that will soon expire. When Chris rejects his marriage proposal, Min develops a plan with their close friends Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and Lee (Lily Gladstone), a couple struggling with a series of unsuccessful and expensive IVF treatments while they are trying to start a family: a simulated wedding with Angela in order to obtain her green card. In return, Min will pay the next series of Lee IVF processing. Chaos follows when the formidable grandmother of Min (played by Yuh-Jung Youn) makes visits to Korea and insists to launch his grandson the ultimate wedding banquet.
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Although the actors all met “Cold on Set”, says Yang, “it was really fortuitous that we arrive, through the management of Andrew, accelerate this connection, this intimacy and this feeling that it was four people who had known each other for a long time.”
He adds: “I think one of the greatest compliments I have obtained from someone who saw the film is that my friend Matt Rogers said:” I can say the layout of the house. This is how I am attracted to this world and this group of friends. “”
For Yang, playing in the remake looks like a significant and full circle. “I had seen (the original) at the university. I would go to the Nyu library and I would just post with the DVDs – Oh my god, it’s really aging,” jokes the actor. “I remember being blown away by this idea that films you did not make were there had an impact in culture and cinema. I just remember having watched it at a time when I thought my parents would never accept this thing about me. I was now going to my parents, then I went back to the closet after therapy.”
They even harass him on his love life now, shares Yang. “I Never I thought we would get there. When I think back to the film, I think of the progress that has been made only within my family. “”
The wedding banquet is in theaters on April 18.
