Forge Interview: Kelly Marie Tran & Brandon Soo Hoo Go Head-to-Head in Art Forgery Thriller
8The secret to getting a high-intensity crime thriller just right for first-time feature writer-director Jing Ai Ng? Make it more similar to her own life. That's right! To make sure Forge, a story about a sibling duo running an art forgery ring in Miami, nailed all its beats, "the script had to become more personal."
Kelly Marie Tran (Raya and the Last Dragon) is FBI Art Crimes agent Emily Lee, who's moved from New York City to Miami to investigate a series of forgeries in the area. The masterminds behind this forgery ring are brother and sister duo Raymond and Coco Zhang, played by Brandon Soo Hoo (The Tiger's Apprentice) and Andie Ju (Beef). The two have recently stumbled into a golden opportunity with a young disgraced millionaire (Your Monster's Edmund Donovan), but will this con be their last?
At SXSW 2025, Ng, Tran, Soo Hoo, and Donovan chatted with Perri Nemiroff at the Collider Media Studio at the Cinema Center about their collaboration on Ng's debut feature. Check out the full conversation in the video above or in the transcript below to get the rundown on this cast of characters, how the final script changed from its original story, and how Austin native Robert Rodriguez inspired Ng to set her eyes on the future.
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