 | Hello r/films! I’m Jenny Jue, casting director for The Marriage ceremony Banquet (now in theaters), Okja, Snowpiercer, Inglourious Basterds, The Brother's Solar, Netflix's Avatar: The Final Airbender season 2, and extra. I really like discovering breakout expertise and constructing unforgettable ensembles. AMA! I'll be again at 8 PM ET immediately (Wednesday 4/30) to reply your questions. Ask me something! View the official trailer for “The Marriage ceremony Banquet” right here: My credit: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm1937563/ Up subsequent: "Untitled Avatar: The Final Airbender" (Paramount/Avatar Studios), "Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice" (twentieth Century Studios), and "Ballerina Overdrive" (Amazon Studios). Extra bio info: CSA Award-winning Casting Director Jenny Jue, whose two-decade profession contains standout collaborations with Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds"), Bong Joon Ho ("Okja", "Snowpiercer"), and Netflix’s "The Brother’s Solar.” Jenny’s newest undertaking, "The Marriage ceremony Banquet" (Bleecker Avenue), is a 2025 reimagining of the Ang Lee basic, directed by Andrew Ahn and starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung. Premiering to rave critiques at Sundance and in theaters nationwide April 18, 2025, the movie explores queerness, chosen household, and generational id with depth and humor. Jenny spent two years casting the undertaking, navigating the distinctive challenges of post-strike impartial filmmaking whereas shaping an ensemble that feels instinctive and human. Jenny’s path to casting was something however typical. Raised in Southern California by a household of engineers, she initially pursued a pre-law observe at UCLA. However a last-minute internship with iconic casting director Johanna Ray ("Mulholland Drive", "Twin Peaks") modified all the things. Jenny spent almost a decade underneath Ray’s mentorship earlier than founding her personal firm, Downtown Casting, in 2012. Since then, she’s turn into the go-to casting director for auteurs looking for international expertise and emotional authenticity—balancing the calls for of status cinema with tales that really feel intimate, lived-in, and sometimes underrepresented. Her work spans genres, from the from the stylized motion of "Kate" to the unsettling realism of the BAFTA-nominated documentary "The Social Dilemma." submitted by /u/JennyJueAMA |
