Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & The Wedding Banquet Cast Honor Heritage & Ang Lee!

Join The Wedding Banquet star Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, Joan Chen as they sit down with IndieWire's Kate Erbland at IndieWire Studio presented by Dropbox during Sundance 2025 to discuss her thoughtful decision to change her character’s name. Gladstone shares how she honored Indigenous roots by choosing a name connected to the Duwamish people—and in a surprising twist, also paid homage to Ang Lee, the director of the original The Wedding Banquet. Alongside director Andrew Ahn and co-stars Han Gi-chan, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung, Gladstone dives into the fresh, modern take on Ang Lee’s 1993 classic and the film’s personal and cultural impact. Don’t miss this exclusive conversation from IndieWire Studio at Sundance! 🎥✨ #LilyGladstone #TheWeddingBanquet #Sundance2025 #IndieWire #Dropbox #AngLee #IndigenousRepresentation