Minari star Yuh-Jung Youn recounts her journey to becoming an actor, earning her first Oscar nomination
• 4 years ago"Me, a 73-year-old Asian woman could have never even dreamed about being nominated for an Oscar. Minari brought me a lot of gifts," says veteran Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn, who plays Soonja in Lee Isaac Chung’s immigrant drama.
BAFTA 2021 highlights: Minari star Yuh-Jung Youn thanks 'snobbish' Brits after win; Chloe Zhao creates history with Best Director award
• 4 years agoChloe Zhao became only the second woman, and the first woman of colour, to win the BAFTA for best director
In Lee Isaac Chung's Minari, a deeply personal story of harvesting an American dream
• 4 years agoWanting to find a balance between a memory piece and melodrama, Chung imaged something that combined the neo-realism of Roberto Rossellini’s Stromboli with the earthy, wide-screen American epics like East of Eden and Giant that his father raised him on.