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‘A 70-year-old skipping about pretending to be 20’: the new era of age-blind casting

Though Ian McKellen gave his Hamlet at the age of 82, older women rarely get the chance to play young characters. But with Imelda Staunton in Hello Dolly and Geraldine James as Rosalind, are things finally changing?

The Guardian - UK

How 'Dìdi' Recreated MySpace Pages, Found Motorola Phones, and Tapped Into Paramore Fandom to Create a 2008 Period Piece

Filmmaker Sean Wang breaks down how he created a must-see coming-of-age film set in the '00s.

Marie Claire

Dìdi review – bittersweet Asian American coming-of-age drama

Wang’s award-winning debut is a tender, semi-autobiographical portrait of a 13-year-old skateboarder and his devoted immigrant mum in 00s California

The Guardian - UK

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Dìdi review: A subtle, sweet Y2K coming-of-ager that understands the horror of Myspace

Set in 2008, this semi-autobiographical debut takes place at a time in digital history that’s now old enough to feel like an artefact

The Independent UK

The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63

Thirty-seven years after her Hollywood breakthrough in The Last Emperor, Chen is back in new drama Dìdi. She discusses her roots in China, objectification and the protective power of creativity

The Guardian - UK

Joan Chen: ‘I asked to leave Twin Peaks – I was determined to do feature films’

The star of ‘The Last Emperor’ is earning Oscar buzz for her work in the sweet coming-of-age dramedy ‘Dìdi’. She talks to Annabel Nugent about her career regrets, why she loved working with Bernardo Bertolucci, and David Lynch’s response to her request to exit his celebrated murder mystery series

The Independent UK

Joan Chen on Twin Peaks regrets & Dìdi

The veteran actress spoke to Salon about her new film, begging David Lynch & the challenges of immigrant motherhood

Salon

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‘In all those movies about childhood, I never saw someone who looked like me’: Sean Wang on his debut, Dìdi

The director explains how a desire to transcend race and immigrant identity led to his semi-autobiographical tale of an angst-ridden Taiwanese American teenage skater and an Oscar-nominated short about his grandmothers

The Guardian - UK

In Sean Wang's 'Dìdi,' a portrait of an artist as a young skater kid

Within the span of five days in January, Sean Wang’s life changed about as dramatically as is possible for a young filmmaker

The Independent UK

Oscars 2025: who might be in the running for next year’s awards?

The dust may still be settling on this year’s race but next year’s ceremony could see stars such as Angelina Jolie and Barry Keoghan battling it out

The Guardian - US

Meet the A Murder at the End of the World cast: who's who in the new mystery show

Here are our main players in The main cast of A Murder at the End of the World, and one of them will soon have blood on their hands.

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