{"id":2254833,"date":"2026-01-28T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2254833"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:37:20","slug":"why-stephanie-ahn-director-of-sundance-gem-bedford-park-first-wanted-a-white-actor-for-her-korean-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-stephanie-ahn-director-of-sundance-gem-bedford-park-first-wanted-a-white-actor-for-her-korean-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Stephanie Ahn, Director of Sundance Gem \u2018Bedford Park,\u2019 First Wanted a White Actor for Her Korean Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Every <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1083053\/\">Sundance<\/a>, at least one filmmaker emerges from seemingly nowhere who presents a stunning, fully-articulated piece of work. There\u2019s a good argument that this year that filmmaker is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0014225\/\">Stephanie Ahn<\/a> with her first feature, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35504660\/\">Bedford Park<\/a>,\u201d playing in competition to packed houses and rapturous reviews.<\/p>\n<p>A quiet story of a two Korean-Americans who start out as antagonists and gradually, tentatively and with great hesitation became friends, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35504660\/\">Bedford Park<\/a>\u201d is a quintessentially indie experience that packs huge emotional power in its subtle, deliberate pace. Audrey, played by the well-known Korean actress <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4561627\/\">Moon Choi<\/a> and Eli, played by Korean superstar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7027783\/\">Son Sukku<\/a>, are two broken people who each wrestle with trying&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Sundance, at least one filmmaker emerges from seemingly nowhere who presents a stunning, fully-articulated piece of work. 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