The comeback of Michelle Yeoh
In recent years, Michelle Yeoh has chained supporting roles in Hollywood productions such as Mechanic: Resurrection, Last Christmas, Chief level OR Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. But in 2022, the actress returned to the stage with Everything everywhere all at once.
In this sci-fi film directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the actress lends her features to Evelyne Wang, who owns a laundry with her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), who is filing for divorce. Suddenly, she finds herself thrust into the multiverse and discovers across several parallel worlds the lives she might have led.
Michelle Yeoh’s performance earned it Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. She is also nominated for the Oscars, which will take place on the night of March 12-13, 2023, alongside Cate Blanchett (Tar), Michael Williams (The Fabelmans), Ana de Armas (Blond hair) and Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie).
Complicated years in Hollywood
As the ceremony approached, Michelle Yeoh reflected on her career with People. Malaysian actress revealed by Hong Kong Policeman 2 AND Police Story 3: Supercop discussed his complicated Hollywood beginnings in 1997 with tomorrow never diesthe second installment of the series James Bond worn by Pierce Brosnan.
The actress said:
The first film I made after coming to America was tomorrow never dies. At the time, James Bond was perceived as macho. The girls were just characters with cute names.
But his character, Wai Lin, saves the British spy’s life and rejects his advances. Which doesn’t stop Michelle Yeoh from continuing to suffer racism across the Atlantic:
At the time, people in this industry didn’t really know if I was Chinese or Japanese or Korean or even if I spoke English. They spoke to me very loudly and very slowly. I didn’t work for almost two years after that film, until Tiger and Dragonsimply because I didn’t adhere to the stereotypical roles that were offered to me.
Today Michelle Yeoh sees a change, in part through the role of Madame Morrible that she has inherited in the upcoming adaptation of the musical. Evil :
In the past, a Caucasian woman would get coles. This is what we call diversity, inclusiveness.
Source: Cine Serie
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