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Everything Everywhere All at Onceis a 2023 Academy Award-winning sci-fi movie starring Michelle Yeoh. In the movie, she plays an immigrant mom who discovers powers when the world’s in trouble because of a rift between dimensions.
The film suggests the true meaning of life that comes from understanding — there’s no built-in purpose; everything and every moment holds equal value.
Yeoh became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The movie also won a total of seven awards, including best picture.
All the sheer credit goes to the daring role of Evelyn Wang, played by the 60-year-old actress. But she mentioned that when it came to playing the role, it felt like she had been rehearsing it for her entire 40-year career.
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Michelle Yeoh Feels It Took Her 40 Years to Prepare For the Oscar-Winning Role
In a conversation withCate BlanchettonVariety’s Actors on Actors, Michelle Yeoh said,“I feel like I’ve been in rehearsal for the last 40 years for this role.”
When Blanchett asked Yeoh —“Did it feel like you were bringing to bear decades’ worth of work onto that experience?”She replied:
“I’ve been in the business for a while now, and the opportunities get a little narrower and narrower with time because you’re getting past your prime time. I turned 60 this year, and it’s been a while since I was offered the lead role. I have amazing supporting roles, like in “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Shang-Chi.”
Here, Yeoh meant to say that she has been in the business for a long time, and as she gets older, the lead roles become less common.
It’s been a while since she was offered a leading role. But after getting the lead role inEverything Everywhere All at Onceand fortunately getting an Oscar for her performance, the actress now feels she has started getting more offers. That’s why Yeoh believes the role looks like she has been rehearsing it for decades.
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After Winning an Oscar, Michelle Yeoh Finally Started to Get Offers Despite Her Age
Now, after bagging an Academy Award for Best Actress forEverything Everywhere All at Once,Michelle Yeohis venturing into horror and mystery with her upcoming film,A Haunting in Venice.
The movie is based on Agatha Christie’sHallowe’en Partynovel and will be directed by Oscar-winner Kenneth Branagh. It’s great to see Yeoh experimenting with different genres and finally getting the limelight, which she didn’t expect.
Once, theSupercopstar toldPeopleshe didn’t work for “almost two years” in the 1990s due to all the “stereotypical roles” offered her in the US. The actress said people couldn’t tell the difference between whether she “was Chinese or Japanese or Korean or if I even spoke English” at the time.
Obviously, these are some of the factors that became barriers in her career. However, it’s all worth it in the end for the talented Asian actress. Her upcoming movies include big franchises and Broadway adaptations, includingAvatar 3,Wicked: Part One,andStar Trek: Section 31.
you’re able to watch Michelle Yeoh’sEverything Everywhere All at Onceon Prime Video.
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Meet Shreya, FandomWire’s go-to Pop-Culture Writer. She holds a master’s degree in Journalism and a pop culture obsession that rivals even the most die-hard ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel fans.Her articles have been published in Animated Times, Creator Mail, and The Luxxe Mag. When Shreya’s not busy dishing out hot takes, she is lost in the world of rom-coms.
