The Wedding Banquet with Andrew Ahn and Daniel Kwan (Ep. 542)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Director Andrew Ahn discusses his new film, The Wedding Banquet, with fellow Director Daniel Kwan in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses working with the Screenwriter of the original film, updating the story to reflect contemporary LGBTQ+ attitudes while staying faithful to the original plot, and how he and his Actors utilized inventive techniques for discovering their characters on set. This remake of the 1993 film tells the story of Min, a gay man hoping to stay in the country and avoid being dragged into his family business. Proposing a green card marriage to his lesbian friend Angela, things soon get complicated when his grandmother surprises them with plans for an extravagant Korean wedding banquet. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2025/june2025/theweddingbanquet_qna_0425

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0:00.0	You know, more than anything, it was just about a sense of openness that I was trying to
0:06.3	practice. It did mean that I was a little bit of a disaster on set where I was weeping a lot.
0:12.9	The scene towards the end of the film between Kelly Marie Tran and Lily Gladstone in the
0:19.6	garden, there was a take where I just fully lost it and I had to yell.
0:23.6	I yelled cut with like a warbly voice and and Lily Gladstone.
0:27.9	I could just hear her from the garden and say,
0:30.4	Are you crying again?
0:32.4	Yeah. Hello, and welcome back to the Directors' Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:57.2	In this episode, a marriage of convenience between two friends goes hilariously awry,
1:02.3	and director Andrew On's romantic comedy, The Wedding Banquet.
1:07.2	This remake of the 1993 film tells the story of Men, a gay man hoping to stay in the country
1:13.1	and avoid being dragged into his family business.
1:17.1	Proposing a green card marriage with his lesbian friend Angela, things soon get complicated
1:21.7	when his grandmother surprises them with plans for an extravagant Korean wedding banquet. In addition to the wedding banquet, A's other directorial credits include the feature films,
1:32.3	Fire Island, Driveways, and Spa Night, and episodes of the series, Deli Boys, Bridgeton,
1:40.3	Generation, Pride, McGiver, Hentified, and this close.
1:47.4	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:51.4	On spoke with director Daniel Kwan about filming the wedding banquet.
1:56.1	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
2:04.2	Hello.
2:05.9	How is everyone?
2:07.9	Happy Saturday.
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