Online hate group and Star Wars fandom organisation ‘Give Us Legends’ has taken the credit for driving Kelly Marie Tran off social media. According to Making Star Wars, online hate group ‘Give Us Legends’ has taken credit driving Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress Kelly Marie Tran off Instagram. Tran had deleted her Instagram account after “months of harassment”. Fellow Star Wars…
Kelly Marie Tran has discussed watching herself on screen and her appreciation for her role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In an interview on Freep, Kelly Marie Tran is described as the “breakout star” of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in which she plays Rose Tico, a Resistance mechanic. In the interview, Tran reflected on struggling as an Asian American actor. “It’s…
Kelly Marie Tran has discussed her role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. 28-year-old Vietnamese-American Kelly Marie Tran, who plays Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is the first Asian-American woman to star in a Star Wars film. Described as the “biggest new part” in the franchise, Rose Tico is a maintenance worker turned resistance hero. Speaking to Channel NewsAsia, Tran expressed her…
Kelly Marie Tran has said that landing her role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the first time her parents supported her. In a video clip released by People, a presenter reveals that the 28-year-old actress said that “landing the [Star Wars] role was the first time her Vietnamese immigrant parents finally came around to the idea of her being an actress”. Tran…
Kelly Marie Tran will play Rose, a character which has been described as the “biggest new part” in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Tran’s character was announced at a panel for the upcoming Star Wars film that follows The Force Awakens. Not much was revealed about her character other than she’s called Rose, she’s a Resistance maintenance worker and she’s the…
