{"id":3137,"date":"2018-02-07T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/07\/vancouver-actress-diana-bang-on-owning-the-best-friend-role\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T20:00:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:00:18","slug":"vancouver-actress-diana-bang-on-owning-the-best-friend-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2018\/02\/07\/vancouver-actress-diana-bang-on-owning-the-best-friend-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver actress Diana Bang on owning the best friend role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tom Power\/ Q With Tom Power: CBC Radio<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2892\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/-\/media\/diana-bang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver actress Diana Bang is best known for her role in Seth Rogen&#8217;s <em>The Interview<\/em>\u00a0from a few years ago, when she played a North Korean official in the controversial comedy.<\/p>\n<p>She has always looked to her background in sketch comedy to ground her acting roles, but in her latest film, <em>Entanglement<\/em>,\u00a0Diana faces the challenge of portraying a character that&#8217;s a lot more nuanced. 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