From ‘Star Wars’ to Marvel, Ming Na Wen Is Living Out Her ‘Big Nerd Dreams’
variety.comJenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Since she was a child, Ming-Na Wen has been a “Star Wars” fan. “To this day, whenever I get on a plane,” she says, “I still pray to God, Buddha and The Force.” And while might be cliché to open a profile of Wen by saying The Force is strong with her — when Lucasfilm’s own Dave Filoni invokes the phrase, it would be wrong not to do so.
Long before Wen was playing bounty hunter Fennec Shand on “The Mandalorian” or its spinoff “The Book of Boba Fett,” she and Filoni attended the same high school in a Pittsburgh suburb.
And he says both have always loved “Star Wars.” Says Filoni, “Working with Ming-Na Wen has been full of surprises. The Force is definitely strong with her.
Always has been.” Other actors can boast about being part of the “Star Wars” universe or playing a Disney princess or having characters in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Universe.
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