BGN interviews the cast and filmmaker Andrew Ahn about The Wedding Banquet.
Andrew Ahn opens up about reimagining The Wedding Banquet through a contemporary lens. As both director and screenwriter, Ahn shares how the film became a personal exploration of queerness, cultural expectation, and generational tension, framed within the Asian American experience.
“This film is about more than a wedding
it’s about love in all its complicated forms,” he says. “Family, chosen family, identity— it all collides here.” Bowen Yang (“Chris”) dives into the emotional nuances of his character and the pressures of being both partner and cultural mediator. Lily Gladstone (“Lee”) discusses navigating her role with quiet strength and reflects on the importance of Indigenous and Asian intersections in the film. Kelly Marie Tran (“Angela”) brings humor and heart, sharing how the role allowed her to reclaim joy through storytelling. This reimagined Wedding Banquet isn’t just a retelling — it’s a reclaiming. One that honors its roots while blooming into something wholly new.
Interviewer: Alyssa Threadgill
Video Editor: Jamie Broadnax
The Wedding Banquet premieres in theaters April 18th.