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It is no secret that Awkwafina has experienced an incredible 2018; of Crazy Rich Asians at Oceans 8 to the accommodation Saturday Night Live, the rapper and comedian has been catapulted into the Hollywood charts. She was also stunned on the pink carpet at Monday's Met Gala.
Well, she's now going from supporting characters that she's been playing to the lead role and to the undisputed star of the new indie movie L & # 39; farewell.
The film trailer fell on Tuesday and be ready because it will probably make you cry.
Awkwafina plays Billi, a young woman born in China but raised in the United States, who returns to her home country with her family to bid farewell to her sick grandmother, or Nai-Nai. The problem is that her grandmother does not know that she is dying because the family has decided to keep her terminal illness secret so that she can take advantage of it at home. last few months.
The story is "based on a real lie" involving the family of director Lulu Wang, who shared the story with This American life back in 2016.
"When I heard the news, I wanted to talk to my grandmother, comfort her.I wanted to cry with her in a way that seems natural when someone you love dies", she declared in the podcast. "But my mother … quickly informed me that what I wanted, what I thought was the right thing to do would not be allowed and that I would not have a say."
The film was presented at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and drew the attention of all participants.
"There is a melancholy in the background and Awkwafina is doing an excellent job, expressing this in his eyes," writes Guardian critic Benjamin Lee, "so close to tears but unable to release for fear of revealing the secret. gives an accomplished dramatic performance "
Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair congratulated Awkwafina for mitigating the actress talents that she showed in Crazy Rich Asians and power "[access] the tender and painful energy of the film ".
"This is the main role of the rapper-actress – a dramatic role – and it manages superbly, giving a careful and careful performance that bodes well for its future on the big screen," he wrote.
Awkwafina shared the movie poster on Twitter on Tuesday.
Could we say "Awkwafina, Oscar nominee" here next year?
L & # 39; farewell arrives in cinemas this summer.
