SNL’s Bowen Yang reveals his J.D. Vance prep struggles, The Wedding Banquet behind-the-scenes stories, and how reality TV shaped the film’s chemistry.
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Why did Bowen Yang beg SNL to change who played J.D. Vance?
“I went to Lorne [Michaels] and said, ‘Please don’t make me do this,'” the comic told Desi Lydic on The Daily Show.
He was so desperate that he even suggested candidates, such asZach Galifianakis! Michaels refused to budge.
What’s so hard about this impression?
Yang paid an accent teacher to help Vance get the right sound for his “Appalachian but Ohio” voice.
“Everyone will see an Asian guy playing that person,” the Wicked star said. I need to clarify this.
“His role as George Santos shows that he can make difficult people funny.
How much did Yang try to be real?
Besides working on his accent, he was also genuinely interested in Vance’s habits. He told the crowd, “It’s going to be hard, but I’m going to do everything I can.”
A lot of what drives his acts is the conflict between being accurate and being silly. Yang’s mastery of this balance led to Santos’ rise to fame.
What will the SNL star do next?
Yang changes things up with the remake of The Wedding Banquet, which also stars Lily Gladstone.
What happens in the movie? A gay man’s fictitious marriage unravels when his traditional grandmother organizes a lavish wedding.
How did the group get along so well?
They found that binge-watching Couples Therapy helped them a lot.
Yang said at Sundance, “We broke down relationships together.”
Every scene embodies a raw closeness, and when cultural standards and gay identity collide, you can anticipate explosive moments.