Chinese actor Jackie Chan, who is the most popular martial arts star in the world, sent her a congratulatory message as soon as he read the rave reviews and high box office performance of his latest film “Everywhere and at Once” by two directors. young to be identified as Boys, and so original that they don’t call themselves Daniels because they’re related, but only because they share the same name (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert). Chan ended the message like this: “But did you know that the boys came to China to meet me and offer me the role of the main character?” And she, in turn, instead of thanking him, teased him: “Bad loss, brother …”.
He laughs at the memory Michelle Yeohwho does not regret at all: “Jackie and I consider ourselves brother and sister, although, like boys, we are not. I did my first job, an advertisement for Guy Laroche’s watch, with him, as well as one of my first successful films, Police Story 3: Super Cop. But he remained what I call a chauvinistic pig, he still thinks that men are superior and that women’s place is to cook. Therefore, I use every opportunity to return it to its place.”
Full name Michelle Yeoh Chu-Kheng, former Miss Malaysia, ex-Bond girl, highest paid Asian actress, born in the year of the tiger, although she has been in business since the 1980s, today she lives in an amazing and universal celebration: the cover of Variety and Hollywood Reporter, two rival movie bibles; Groundbreaking Award at the Bulgari-sponsored Toronto Festival (“For 40 years of a career that has crossed continents, genres and decades, breaking all barriers”); first Asian artist to receive an honorary doctorate from the American Film Institute; triumphant entry into the prestigious list of the 100 most influential people on the planet by Time weekly. Last but not least, the fact that she turned 60 in August, a thankless age for cinema, especially for women, but which seems to have multiplied the possibilities rather than limited them.
Everything everywhere and at once (at the cinema) this is just one of his works this season; there is a fantasy “Academy of Good and Evil”; TV series Origin of bloodprequel Witcher; water pathlong awaited sequel Avatar, James Cameron, followed by 3 more, from 2024 to 2028; and has already filmed a film adaptation of the graphic novel, An American Born Chinese, for Disney+.
From Everything everywhere and at once says two fundamental things: “This is the most amazing scenario that has ever happened to me, but so many things in history are so excessive that, firstly, I was not sure that I could interpret them, and secondly, I don’t know where I would have got the courage to show them to Mom … ”. This refers less to the scene in which her fingers turn into hot dogs, and more to the one in which she proves to be very adept at using vibrators as blunt weapons.
The film follows the life of the Wang family, Chinese immigrants who are selected to be checked by the US tax authorities on their laundromat tax returns. Michelle’s character is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, having a difficult relationship with all of her loved ones, her husband Waymond who wants a divorce, her daughter Joy who is openly a lesbian, and her father Gong Gong who is sick and disappeared. But suddenly he turns into the last hope of the Earth to escape from the apocalypse. Drama and sci-fi go hand in hand, with an adrenaline-fueled raid into parallel worlds, in keeping with the bizarre rules of the multiverse we’ve come to know so well from blockbusters based on Marvel comics.
The only thing Michelle asked the Daniels was to cancel the name of Mrs. Wang, who was dubbed Michelle as a sign of respect for her: “Even if in one of the parallel worlds I am a movie star, it does not have to be my story. , which, moreover, it makes no sense to talk about, because it is very boring. So, at the end, the main character is called Evelyn so that all viewers can identify with each other.
Michelle did not intend to become an actress: from the age of 4 she wanted to become a dancer, and maybe open her own school, and also become a choreographer. For this reason, at the age of 15, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dance, but the dream was cut short due to a spinal injury.
At the age of 20, she won the title of Miss Malaysia (her mother entered the pageant without her knowledge) and signed a film contract with the Hong Kong production company D&B. A few years later, she married producer Dixon Poon and retired from film for three years, as she considered marriage a priority to which she devoted all her attention. As in fairy tales, she was saved by Quentin Tarantino, who, during a pilgrimage to Hong Kong, asked to meet with three of his idols: Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle. She agreed to a five-minute visit, which, to Tarantino’s infectious enthusiasm, was enough to give her some energy. By the way, why did she never participate in Kill Bill seemed made for her? “I also asked him, and he answered angelically: who would have thought that Uma Thurman could play them for you?”
Its best quality, commitment. She still trains every day to always be ready for every challenge. Yes, many call her a nerd, and she is not ashamed when she is told about it, on the contrary, she likes it. He is happy that he has so far avoided the “G word”, that is, the role of grandmother, grandmother, limiting himself to the role of mother or aunt. Her role model is Sigourney Weaver, an Avatar co-star who managed to put off her role as a grandmother until Seven Minutes After Midnight, when she was 67 years old. In addition to films and TV series (she would like to reprise the role of Philippa Georgiou in the Discovery spin-off titled Star Trek: Section 31because she has always been an avid “trekker”), there is also her marriage.
It’s been for 19 years engaged to Jean Todt76, former CEO and general manager of Ferrari, now UN Special Representative for Road Safety. When they were finally about to choose a fateful date, an uninvited guest, covid, appeared. He vows that the wedding will take place soon, but for now they continue to see each other around the world, between Los Angeles and London, Geneva and Paris, where Michel tries to never miss Paris Fashion Week (this year they were together with the Schiaparelli fashion show ).
Michelle would like to have children, but they have not yet been born, so when she has to take the place of her mother, her six beloved grandchildren inspire her. She played almost all Asian nationalities: she was Japanese (Memories of a Geisha), Chinese (Tiger and dragon), Burmese (Lady love for freedom), Singapore (crazy rich asians) and does not find anything wrong with this, this is not disrespect, but sincere respect. And with enviable Zen wisdom, she says that despite being so many female heroes and warriors, the only superpowers she aspires to in her daily life are “understanding and kindness.”
Source: Elle