At Sundance, Bowen Yang shared a humorous on-set memory from 'The Wedding Banquet,' featuring Joan Chen and an amusing encounter with a lion costume. Director Andrew Ahn discussed his reimagining of Ang Lee's 1993 film, focusing on contemporary queer family dynamics. The story follows Min, who marries his friend Angela for a green card, complicated by familial expectations. Ahn shared how the original film profoundly impacted him and emphasized crafting a narrative that resonates with modern viewers, reflecting evolving queer identities and relationships.
Some on-set memories are so special that they become lore - even for those who weren't around that day.
Joan letting the lion-dance lion eat her ass, Yang shared as the rest of the cast laughed.
It was the first gay film I'd ever seen as an 8-year-old. It blew my nascent gay brain.
We really crafted a reimagining to tell a story about a modern queer family.
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