ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY AND AWARD NEWS
MARCH 03, 2021
Reintroducing Kelly Marie Tran
“In 2015,” Joanna Robinson writes, “a largely unknown Kelly Marie Tran scored what should have been a dream role”: a leading part in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Soon, though, her fairy tale turned into a nightmare, as a vocal contingent of Star Wars fans chased her off social media. This week Tran returns to the public eye as the title character in Raya and the Last Dragon. Voicing the plucky princess was an empowering experience, she tells Robinson: “Like, it’s just giving a woman permission to feel what she’s feeling. Like, I can’t believe it’s 2021 and I’m saying that, but yeah.”
Elsewhere in HWD, Yohana Desta ponders whether the Golden Globes can recover from 2021’s disastrous telecast; William D. Cohan and Joe Pompeo dig into a bombshell CBS settlement; V.F.’s fashion team recommends clothing and accessories inspired by Old Hollywood; and another star of Raya and the Last Dragon, Awkwafina, takes the Proust Questionnaire.
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