Is Bowen Yang able to go full drag? For the best challenge, it might be very doable. Talking to IndieWire on the crimson carpet premiere of his newest movie, “The Marriage ceremony Banquet,” Yang shared that regardless of solely lately collaborating in a remake of a basic movie, he’d be down to take action once more if it had been materials he actually couldn’t move up.
“I’d like to remake ‘Feminine Bother,’” Yang mentioned, highlighting John Waters‘ beloved 1974 darkish comedy. “I don’t know who would play Divine or who would play Don Davenport.”
On the identical time, Yang doesn’t consider all the things has to get remade. In truth, he would like if extra effort went into honoring and cherishing the unique materials than attempting to reinvent it.
“I believe that’s why issues just like the Criterion Assortment are good at preserving these items that must be preserved as a result of they’re type of encased in amber,” Yang mentioned, “and I really feel like generally it’s higher to not contact these issues.”
Yang really had the privilege of coming into the Criterion Closet lately, the place he took the time to reward Waters as “most likely my favourite director ever.” Amongst his choices was one other one the filmmaker’s subversive Divine collaborations, “A number of Maniacs.”
“What Divine and Mink Stole do within the church, type of probably the most surprising factor I’ve ever seen,” mentioned Yang within the Criterion Closet. “I’m not a pearl-clutcher. It takes loads to shock me. John Waters is a timeless shocker.”
And talking of shocks, Yang additionally advised IndieWire that he wouldn’t thoughts providing a number of frights of his personal ought to the best position come alongside.
“I’d do a horror film if I bought to be the killer,” he mentioned. Upon listening to “The Marriage ceremony Banquet” director Andrew Ahn is contemplating a tackle “The Exorcist,” in contemplating a task in it, Yang added, “So long as I get to put on beads.”
Providing additional reward of Ahn, Yang additionally mentioned, “He’s somebody who I believe is one among our present trendy greats. He, within the spirit of Ang Lee, is ready to work with completely different genres and in addition hold the identical coterie of individuals round him. That’s what Ang Lee did. He saved the identical cohort of individuals with him and collaborators with him all through his profession. And I really feel like Andrew is destined for a similar greatness.”
“The Marriage ceremony Banquet” is at the moment in theaters from Bleecker Road.