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"Put aside your fears and make up your mind"
Perhaps this is Michelle Yeoh's life curve
The reason for opening high and going high
About Michelle Yeoh
In 1983, she was elected Miss Malaysia.
In 1984, he starred in his first movie "Owl and Dumbo" and officially debuted.
In 1997, he opened the Hollywood market with the 007 series of movies "007: Tomorrow's Empire".
In 2001, she was nominated for Best Actress at the 54th British Academy Film Awards for the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
In 2001, she was canonized by the Sultan as Datuk of Perak, Malaysia, becoming the first female artist of Chinese descent in the Malaysian entertainment industry to receive this title.
In 2002, he served as a jury member of the main competition unit of the 55th Cannes International Film Festival.
In 2002, she won the "World Outstanding Youth Award" and was the first Chinese woman to receive this honor.
In 2007, he was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
In 2008, he won the World Chinese Impact Award.
In 2012, he was awarded the French High Order of Honour.
In 2013, he was awarded the Order of Tan Sri by the Malaysian Head of State.
In 2022, he was awarded the honor of "Idol of the Year" by Time Magazine.
In 2023, she won the Best Actress Award in a Musical/Comedy Film at the 80th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for the movie "Instantaneous Universe", and was nominated for Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards.
When she first read the script for the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh had only one voice in her heart: "I finally waited for such a role." Suddenly, a movie includes all the things I want to do, and I can borrow it to do the performance I've always wanted to do. ”
Evelyn Wang is an Asian immigrant who is old, the kind of mother or wife who can be seen everywhere on the street or in Chinatown, dressed modestly and with something heavy on her heart and body. Normally we don't look at her much, and to most people, she is almost transparent.
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She looks very different from many of Michelle Yeoh's previous roles. Michelle Yeoh often plays a "heroine", sassy and determined, with superb kung fu and indomitable spirit; But the first shot of Evelyn in the film can see the exhaustion and anxiety that life imprints on her: tight brows, tense posture, because everything has to be worried, so there is a sense of transpiration of anxiety. She was so ordinary that one could almost sigh.
In Michelle Yeoh's view, this ordinariness is just a façade or a misunderstanding. She believes that everyone has some kind of superpower, but there is no external cloak and no need to fly in the air. "The director and I wanted to take this opportunity to speak up for women in this category. Because they deserve to be seen and heard. ”
Evelyn and her family open a laundry room, and the story begins with her juggling over taxes. Empress Yeoh feels like a metaphor for the difficulties encountered in life that may be more abstract or grander than the laundry room, but the stress they bring is similar. "What's the worst-case scenario? It was the audit that was returned and everything had to be done all over again. ”
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The story unfolds like a kaleidoscope that has been shaken repeatedly, and the dizzying colored fragments continue to fragment and reassemble into different worlds, and the audience is like riding on a roller coaster with an unpredictable track, going to heaven and earth, experiencing different identities and adventures with Evelyn, experiencing all kinds of uncontrollable panic and confusion. After the movie was released, Michelle Yeoh heard many friends say that it was best to watch "Instantaneous Universe" again in order to fully understand what the plot was all about. But she always said, it's okay, you don't need to be an absolutely sane audience.
"Evelyn in the movie seems confused as she moves through the universes, but real life itself is full of puzzles. Whenever you have to make a decision, you can't help but worry about whether you have made the best choice. But what really matters is whether you put aside your fears and make up your mind. ”
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"Put aside your fears and make up your mind", perhaps this is the reason why Michelle Yeoh's life curve has been able to go high. From Malaysia to Hong Kong to Hollywood, she has repeatedly immersed herself in unfamiliar environments, found her own place, and then once again broke through everyone's imagination. "A lot of things are once in a lifetime opportunities, and all I can grasp is 'right now'. The more diligent you are, the luckier you will be, you are ready, with your heart, your passion, your soul in place, and you can 'live', not just 'survive'. Life is never easy, but it's not that complicated, and luckily I have the right to make choices and enough patience to wait. ”
The composition of the "constant of life"
Before the collaboration, Michelle Yeoh watched the film "Swiss Army Man" directed by "Daniel M. Kwan and Daniel Scheinert" and she was fascinated by the work. "There are a lot of weird plots in that story, and the protagonist is still a corpse that keeps farting, but it just keeps you staring, and you can't help but think, one day I want to try this too."
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Before the official meeting, she was slightly worried: "I silently thought in my heart, hoping that the director is not the kind of person who is funny for the sake of madness, and he is not too outrageous." "When the two sat in front of her, she found that both of them were used to speaking softly, even giving people a clumsy feeling." When it comes to the inspiration for this story, there is love between the lines, but it seems that they themselves just want to laugh it off. The style and aesthetic of the two Daniels is very stylish, in which Michelle Yeoh sees the meaning of overlapping reality, "There is also a chaotic side to the world we live in, especially the new things created by the so-called 'new generation', which are constantly bombarding our senses. ”
Michelle Yeoh agreed to the director's invitation without hesitation.
"They gave me a special chance,
I give back to them with my performances. ”
"At the end of the day, we both want to believe in each other and want to do our best." It was a hit off and a friendship that made her happy, and excited to embark on a new adventure. "If you stay in your comfort zone all the time, you don't have to face danger, you don't have to work hard to explore, but the result is that you can only repeat the same thing over and over again."
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When many people around knew that Michelle Yeoh was going to participate in this work, they expressed subtle doubts. "They asked me, are you sure you want to come this way? I said yes, just come on! Perhaps because everyone has a little fearless courage, this work is blessed with a little mysterious luck. The night before Los Angeles announced the lockdown, the film just completed the local shooting according to the original schedule, avoiding the impact of the force majeure that swept the world. Paul Rogers, the editor, and the two directors spent far more time together and discussed than is usually possible, and they had the opportunity to grind every detail deeper and deeper. ”
"A low-cost independent film is actually difficult to bear the loss caused by postponing or stopping filming, and if the outbreak of the epidemic is two or three weeks earlier, we will face the tragic situation of being forced to stop filming halfway. Fortunately, everything went smoothly, but there were some parts that I shot in the UK and the directors continued in Los Angeles, and we needed to use some stand-ins to complete the shot, and we also had to communicate online through the screen. But it's not that hard to build an imaginary world, or try to shoot entirely new forms of footage. ”
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This collaborative approach allowed the whole team to grasp the emotional code that linked the "multiverse" and allowed everyone to revisit the original intention of "why make movies". The timing of the film's release is even more pretentious, and when they re-enter the theater, the audience realizes that the entertainment they used to take for granted now brings them a completely different feeling.
"The magic of cinema is geometrically amplified in that shared darkness, where we come together in a space and work together in a special story in precious and limited time. Even if you don't know who your neighbor is, when you laugh or sob for the plot of the story, you will feel the echo and resonance between strangers, which is wonderful. ”
After the release of "Instantaneous Universe" in 2022, it received rave reviews with a breaking trend, becoming a phenomenal masterpiece, and also swept the nominations of major heavyweight awards. In 2023, Michelle Yeoh won the 80th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy for her role as Evelyn Wang, and was also nominated for actress in heavyweight awards including the 95th Academy Awards and the 76th British Academy Film Awards.
This is an unprecedented achievement among all Asian female actors. In addition to receiving professional recognition, this story also gave Michelle Yeoh new inspiration about life. She described the director's way of telling the story as "provocative." "They show you a lot of specious things, and you're not sure if you should laugh. But in the end you can't help it, you just want to laugh and realize: 'I really should learn how to look back and admit that life is a mess by its very nature.'" ’”
This surprising but honest result also answered the question that hovered in Michelle Yeoh's heart from another angle. "No one can get out of the chicken feathers of life, but if you go head-on, you will find that the problems are just that. It also allowed me to confirm the composition of the 'constant of life':
No matter what universe or environment we are in,
Understand the ups and downs of emotions,
Our sincerity in love for each other,
These are anchors that give us peace of mind. ”
"Lasting meaning"
Over the past few years, Michelle Yeoh has amassed a number of outstanding achievements in Hollywood: her high-flying mother Ellie Yang in "Crazy Rich Asians", and she has also participated in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series (playing Aleta Ogord), "Last Christmas" and "The Electric State" and other film and television works. But she still seems to be a little far from the real heart of Hollywood.
Michelle Yeoh still worries about whether she will always be in some kind of marginal position. She knows her energy and is always eager for works that are full enough for complex characters and require depth to perform. The success of "Instantaneous Universe" is like an accident, but it makes sense everywhere. "Whether it is the subject matter or the method of expression, the story is very novel and out of the established framework. We put together pieces that others don't think they think they agree with, and that sets the foundation for success: they're what your heart desires, what you really want to do. ”
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Michelle Yeoh does not have a "utilitarian" component in the selection of works, she does not set restrictions on the subject matter of her works, and does not list "mainstream" and "large-scale production" in the selection criteria. In 2007, she worked on Asif Kapadia, then a new director, on Far North. Asif invited her to shoot on the farthest land in the Arctic. "You might have to stay on an icebreaker for a while, he said. Why should I refuse something so interesting? Of course, that cold feeling is still fresh in my memory. ”
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She chose carefully enough because she knew she would spare no effort if she promised. "Filming separates me from my loved ones for a long time, so every time I take on a movie, I have to make sure that I really believe in the character and the story."
"Let me believe in the driving force of the work,
It's whether the story has uplifting courage,
Inspires true passion and love. ”
Before the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Michelle Yeoh told Ang Lee that even if there were only ten days of scenes, it would do. Although the trip to Xinjiang did not have her role, she was still desperate to complete the journey. "Ang Lee is a master, and I want to learn from him." After filming for more than a month, she had to go to the United States for surgery halfway due to injury, and the doctor warned her at the time that her knee deteriorated enough to support her to complete the simple action of "stopping" while running, but two weeks after the operation, she still flew back to Beijing to continue filming and completed all the action scenes.
No matter how hard work has been put into the process, Michelle Yeoh never attributes the success of her work to herself. Whether it is an award or a national award and canonization, she always regards honor as a collective achievement. "It belongs to everyone who works with you, to what we accomplish together. What makes me most proud is that it proves that what we do together is worthwhile, and I just went to accept the award as a representative of everyone. ”
The success of "Instantaneous Universe" has made many people lament the "struggle" and "struggle" of Asian actors in Hollywood, but Michelle Yeoh feels that "continuity" is a more accurate summary. "We should all understand that those real changes are not miracles overnight, but the unremitting efforts of all to pave the way."
She has always believed in "all the glory": such a story about ordinary people in the Asian community, not only thanks to the unity of the Asian community in the industry, but also the mutual support of all colored people. "In the past, Asian people used to keep their eyebrows down and be cautious, hoping that nothing would go wrong. But look at our African-American friends, who have been pulling together to tell and spread their stories, and that's exactly what we should be learning from and actively doing over the past few years. ”
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She sincerely hopes that everyone can help and borrow from each other and give each other the greatest kindness. "The film industry is actually open to everyone and gives everyone opportunities. But we need to know how to create opportunities, and we must be strong enough to allow real opportunities to take shape and continue, and there is enough space to express our story. "The results at this point may not necessarily be replicated, let alone just a flash in the pan." We should come together and push the limits. After finally having Asian characters on the screens in Hollywood, we waited two decades to see a new breakthrough. We should not repeat the mistakes of the past. ”
Climbing a new peak in life at the age of 60 is just a beautiful exclamation mark added to the sequence of life for Michelle Yeoh, and there is an endless long road ahead, she just wants to grasp the "this second" in front of her. "If you don't do something right away and don't keep evolving, 'today' will soon become 'yesterday', into regret and regret." She always reminds herself to keep a more open mind. "Once you have no taboos, all the gears will move forward again and new opportunities will come naturally."
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This year, Michelle Yeoh will be filming the musical Wicked (the British newspaper The Times once hailed it as "the greatest work since Phantom of the Opera"). "Who can believe that I've never made a musical before, so I'm very, very excited to play a role like this. I'm always looking for more challenging roles and looking forward to working with talented people who will see your untapped potential – and two Daniel directors have done just that. ”
Michelle Yeoh mentioned her long-cherished desire to participate in documentary filmmaking a few years ago, and she has always admired David Attenborough, a natural naturalist known as the "father of the world's nature documentary", as well as an explorer and traveler, who has explored all known ecology on Earth with the production team.
"I am convinced that the earth is a gift to all of us, not only to record it, but to make it more sustainable, always alive, nourished and nurtured, full of vitality. I'd also love to do a documentary in China, where there are a lot of magical lands that are not recognized by the rest of the world and deserve to be introduced to everyone in a truly first-class way. ”
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The desire to explore the unknown gives Michelle Yeoh more freedom of control over time. The film and television industry has all kinds of strict rules for women, and she often hears similar comments: Look, they belong to the generation in their 20s; Look, these 40-year-old actresses have passed their golden age, it's time to think about other ways out and plans. But Michelle Yeoh has once again demonstrated that these vulgar views can be regarded as nothing.
"Actors my age, contemporaries and even older are creating surprises, and we're not yet at the time to take a back seat, there's a lot to say, and there's an amazing energy. As long as my passion for this job remains, I will not stop exploring. ”
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Executive producer, planner/Wang Xiaobai
Photography / Studio 6
Styling Producer/Wang Hao
Executive styling by Joshua Cheung Cheung
Makeup, hairstyling / Japhet bong
Video Production & Editing/HG (Studio6PRO)
Written by: LilyLee
Co-ordinator/AnAn Kuang
Producer/David Chan
Publicity/Zheng Haoming
Assistant / Eileen Xu, Little Pear
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Costume Assistant/Kelly Hsu Ruiyu Xu
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