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Joan Chen and Youn Yuh-jung on Meeting for the First Time Filming ‘The Wedding Banquet’ and Wanting to Collaborate Again: ‘But We Better Hurry’


Joan Chen and Youn Yuh-jung talk their new movie 'The Wedding Banquet’

Upon the release of Michael Mann’s film “Heat” in 1995, cinephiles rejoiced at watching acting legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino share the screen together for the first time. Youn is the grandmother of Min (played by newcomer Han Gi-Chan), a gay man in love with Chris (Bowen Yang) who proposes a green card marriage to his lesbian friend Angela (Kelly Marie Tran). The cast and crew of “The Wedding Banquet” (L-R) Youn Yuh-jung, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, Andrew Ahn, Kim Yutani, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang and Bobo Le.

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