On the promo circuit discussing her new movie The Wedding Banquet, a ‘reimagination of Ang Lee’s 1993 queer rom-com classic‘, Kelly Marie Tran – better known in these parts as Rose Tico from The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker – has revealed that she is queer. Starring alongside Academy Award-nominated actress Lily Gladstone as her girlfriend Lee, Kelly explained how this role felt like no other, and why now felt like the right time to come out.
(a)n emotional Kelly Marie Tran decides to share a personal detail on the record for the first time. “I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” she tells me. “The thing that really excited me about it was I got to play a person that I felt like I knew. 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.”
A little later in our conversation, she starts to sniffle, her eyes watering: “I haven’t done this in a while. I’m getting freaking emotional over here.” She’s allowed, of course. Weddings tend to bring up a lot.