Eight years ago, toxic fandom of the Star Wars kind almost derailed Kelly Marie Tran’s career. And while that rabid fan response led to a painfully reduced role in the last big-screen Star Wars entry, The Rise of Skywalker, Tran’s career continued, most noticeably as the voice of the title character in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon four years ago, and now, finally, three prominent roles set to be released this year, Andrew Ahn and James Schamus's remake of The Wedding Banquet (out next month), the well-received, SXSW-premiering Forge, and writer-director Shal Ngo’s (The Box) flawed, if often compelling, psychological horror film, Control Freak, for Hulu. When we first meet Tran’s character, Valerie “Val” Nguyen, in Control Freak, she’s in full-on motivational speaker mode, charming...
CONTROL FREAK Review: Kelly Marie Tran Elevates Psychological Horror
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Eight years ago, toxic fandom of the Star Wars kind almost derailed Kelly Marie Tran’s career. And while that rabid fan response led to a painfully reduced role in the last big-screen Star Wars entry, The Rise of Skywalker, Tran’s career continued, most noticeably as the voice of the title character in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon four years ago, and now, finally, three prominent roles set to be released this year, Andrew Ahn and James Schamus's remake of The Wedding Banquet (out next month), the well-received, SXSW-premiering Forge, and writer-director Shal Ngo’s (The Box) flawed, if often compelling, psychological horror film, Control Freak, for Hulu. When we first meet Tran’s character, Valerie “Val” Nguyen, in Control Freak, she’s in full-on motivational speaker mode, charming...
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