Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran has come out as queer, and opened up about their identity, in a new interview with Vanity Fair, ahead of the release of new film The Wedding Banquet.
“I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” Tran said.
“The thing that really excited me about it was I got to play a person that I felt like I knew,” the actor added, referring to the character they play in the new film. “I don’t feel like I’m acting at all in this movie. I’m here doing this amazing movie with these amazing people. I’ve never been in a queer space before. I’ve never truly felt this accepted before.”
The Wedding Banquet stars Tran as a woman named Angela who tries to have a baby through IVF with girlfriend Lee, played by Lily Gladstone.
Tran’s character then plots a fake traditional Korean wedding ceremony with a male friend to raise funds for IVF as he secures a green card.
“I came out to my mom in a very specific experience,” Tran told Vanity Fair. “The scenes that I have with Joan Chen in this movie are very similar to the experience that I had.”
The Wedding Banquet is set to premiere in cinemas next year.
