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Michelle Yeoh stood in the center of the stage of the 95th Academy Awards and received the "Oscar for Best Actress" with tears in her eyes, which is commonly known as the Oscar actress.
At this moment, some people said that she had reached the realm of transformation and became the highest-ranking Chinese actress in history, surpassing the existence of legendary movie stars Gong Li and Maggie Cheung.
But when we checked the information, some people found that Michelle Yeoh, a veteran of Chinese films, has long been honored, and won the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards for last year's hit movie "Instantaneous Universe" alone.
However, except for Oscar, people can't see her surpassing Maggie Cheung and Gong Li at all.
Maggie Cheung has 6 Academy Awards, 5 Golden Horse Awards, 1 Berlin Film Festival Queen, and 1 Cannes Queen.
Gong Li has won 2 Golden Rooster Awards, 3 Hundred Flowers Awards, 1 Academy Award and 1 Venice Film Queen.
Michelle Yeoh seems to be just an actress who hit luck at the age of 61. Some people say so, and even more directly, she is the luckiest vase, an elderly old princess.
First, her life is too lucky
For many people, Michelle Yeoh seems to have just hit luck. But people who know her well don't think so, you know, the 61-year-old filmmaker once said bluntly on the show in 1997, when Jackie Chan's big brother was in full swing: "(Jackie Chan) He is a male chauvinist pig." Translated, it is what we often call "straight male cancer".
You may not imagine what kind of public pressure you need to face to say this sentence in the late 90s of the last century, and who is Jackie Chan? He is a super kung fu superstar with great influence all over the world, and perhaps only the late Bruce Lee can compete with him.
Jackie Chan is the light of the Chinese, but also the Taishan Beidou of kung fu films, but Jackie Chan does admit that he is a bit of a "big man", and even once commented on his son Fang Zuming when looking for an object, bluntly saying that it is best for men to find more girls while they are young, and pick more to meet the right one.
Now we can still find that Jackie Chan's eldest brother threatened that all women should not go out to work, and should stay at home to get along with their husbands and children, but at that time, Jackie Chan seemed to think of something, swallowed a breath, and added a little embarrassed: "Except Michelle Yeoh." ”
Michelle Yeoh has such courage and strength, so that Jackie Chan has to be convinced, the two have collaborated on many films in the past, and catchy ones include "Police Story 3", "Summer Lucky Star" and so on.
But many people don't know that the reason why she can match Jackie Chan with a play, and even finally become an unpopular object in the insurance industry (action scenes are too dangerous, no insurance company dares to cover her and Jackie Chan's life insurance), is because of her family lineage, and her spirit of playing with her life.
Michelle Yeoh was born on August 6, 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, and her father was a Malaysian Dato' (Dato' is a title that can only be obtained by Malaysian meritorious people and must have special contributions to the country), holding important positions.
Her father is a lawyer, but at the same time he is the chairman of the Malaysian Business Sports and Leisure Club, and the consultant of the Perak Hokkien Association.
One of the teachings is "you are a Chinese, a descendant of Yanhuang from Fujian Province", Michelle Yeoh has the motherland in her heart, so she began to travel the world with a word of Mandarin. At that time, Michelle Yeoh did not make her family feel at ease, and she preferred sports to study, such as table tennis, badminton or swimming.
The family is a little anxious, although these sports are also the right way, but in Chinese simple concept, everything is still high in reading. Michelle Yeoh thought about it and said that her favorite thing was dancing.
The literary scholar Lu Xun said Chinese all know how to be flexible, if he says that he will not open the window, everyone will not allow him to open it, and if he says that he wants to lift the roof, everyone will agree to him to open the window."
Little Michelle Yeoh knows the truth well, and when she said the moment she danced, the whole family was overjoyed, learning to dance is at least a skill that everyone can learn.
But the family underestimated Michelle Yeoh's determination, and at the age of 15, she packed her bags and went to the UK alone to study for a degree in dance drama, hoping to become an internationally renowned dancer in the future.
But things always backfired, and when she was about to return to Malaysia to open a dance school, her mother showed her another possibility - she suggested that her daughter try the Malaysian beauty pageant, anyway, she would not lose a loss, and she would not lose a piece of meat.
Second, the reputation is rising
The year was 1984, 22-year-old Michelle Yeoh did not have the mentality of giving it a try, she took the competition seriously, kept exercising, lost several pounds of meat in the open and in the dark, and after losing weight, she was like a genie, capturing the hearts of all the judges.
The battle for Miss Malaysia came to an end, and the winner standing in the middle of the stage was Michelle Yeoh! This exposure brought Michelle Yeoh not only a floating name, but also directly changed her life. At that time, the Hong Kong business tycoon Pan Disheng noticed this beautiful little girl and invited her to Hong Kong.
What are you doing in Hong Kong? After listening to what Pan Disheng said, Michelle Yeoh immediately asked to leave without saying a word, which was stunning, but Michelle Yeoh would not give up this God-given opportunity, Pan Disheng wanted to ask her and Zhou Yunfa to shoot an advertisement, that is Zhou Yunfa, it is Zhou Yunfa in "The True Color of Heroes" and "On the Beach", fools don't go.
Michelle Yeoh came to Hong Kong, where she is familiar with the architecture and cultural atmosphere, and the characteristics of Chinese civilization make her feel like home. There is just one problem, Hong Kong speaks Cantonese, but she speaks Mandarin, and the communication with each other is like a heavenly barrier, Michelle Yeoh can only choose to pick the lights and fight night and learn another Chinese from scratch.
She signed a contract with Hong Kong Debao Film Company soon after, and soon took over the first film "Owl and Dumbo", at this time, Michelle Yeoh was not a famous martial arts actress in the future, she played an ordinary female teacher in it, with a quiet and beautiful temperament.
Michelle Yeoh feels that something is wrong, but what is wrong? Soon, Pan Disheng, the owner of the film and television company and also brought her to Hong Kong, seriously told her whether to consider filming action scenes and being a "martial arts" female star, the male star already has Bruce Lee, and the ecological niche of the female star is still vacant.
Pan Disheng planned everything for Michelle Yeoh, he held Michelle Yeoh in the palm of his hand, arranged for the popular screenwriter who was hot at the time to tailor the script for her, and later introduced him to an extremely flexible fat man, so that Michelle Yeoh could learn Chinese Kung Fu in his team.
Michelle Yeoh has learned a lot here, thinking back on the process of practicing martial arts, although she feels bitter, she does not feel that she can't survive, she has the foundation of dance, it's no problem to change careers, as long as she sticks to it. By the way, the fat leader of the kung fu team is kind and good to her, and Michelle Yeoh also kept saying that this person named Sammo Hung is a good person.
To get back to business, in 1986, Michelle Yeoh, who was dressed in martial arts, filmed a martial arts movie, she successfully played a heroine who robbed the rich and helped the poor, it is said that the whole Hong Kong was empty when the movie was released, and since then people have known Michelle Yeoh, she is attracting attention, people always can't help but watch this big beauty on the big screen.
Michelle Yeoh also successfully became the "Debao Master Hua Dan", and she also created a miracle, that is, she became famous in Hong Kong, where many male dragon and tiger warriors were martial, and in "Little Shrimp vs. Big Whale", she went to a higher level and directly opened the Japanese market.
Her fame soared with the filming of one movie after another, and Michelle Yeoh even had the opportunity to collaborate with Bruce Lee's son Li Guohao on "The Dragon in the Rivers and Lakes". But just when her career was in full swing, Michelle Yeoh suddenly announced to the public that she was going to get married.
Celebrities want to marry has always been the talk of people on the street, and Michelle Yeoh's marriage is even more of a talking point, because she decided to marry Pan Disheng, who has the grace of knowing herself, which is hot news, this screen woman directly faded out of the film industry and returned to the family with peace of mind.
But Michelle Yeoh's marriage is not perfect, just four years later, the two people parted ways because of emotional discord, the reason for the separation is embarrassing, both are strong personalities, are successful, may cherish each other before marriage, but in the firewood, rice, oil and salt, they can not accept each other and reconcile.
Third, the return of the king
In 1992, Michelle Yeoh returned to the film industry, which was not easy for an actress, but the glory of the past is still there, and the market is waiting for the return of the martial arts queen again. So, in the summer of this year, Michelle Yeoh and Jackie Chan cooperated to bring "Police Story 3 - Super Police".
Michelle Yeoh added brilliance to this movie with a unique martial arts heroine, and the degree of desperation is no less than Jackie Chan's big brother, this drama allows Michelle Yeoh to reach a new peak again, her film appointments continue, and the follow-up filming of "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", "New Oolong Academy", "The Legend of the Young Heroes" and so on have further established her status as a jianghu, she is an unparalleled kung fu actress, Michelle Yeoh.
At that time, Michelle Yeoh was able to compete with Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui, and she subsequently starred in the international blockbuster "007: Tomorrow's Empire", becoming the first Chinese Bond girl in history.
Follow-up Michelle Yeoh even participated in the martial arts masterpiece "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that won director Ang Lee an Oscar, in this movie, she and the same not young Zhou Yunfa performed the ethereal rivers and lakes, and her role as Yu Xiulian was beautiful and unforgettable.
In a later interview, Ang Lee said in his characteristic sad and compassionate tone: "What I want to say is that in terms of acting, Michelle Yeoh is the first special case I have seen. To be precise, she has been in the film for so many years, in fact, she has not encountered any good scripts, she has been waiting for a role, a role that she can integrate into her soul, and she waited (Yu Xiulian). ”
Michelle Yeoh's circumstances for so many years, so many years of ups and downs, dance practice, beauty pageants, going to Hong Kong, martial arts, popularity, marriage and divorce and other events are combined together, and finally the best Michelle Yeoh has been tempered.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" gave Michelle Yeoh an international prestige, she had her own company, and also began to shoot blockbusters such as "The Legend of Tianmai" and "Flying Eagle", and also starred in literary films such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Children of Huangshi", she is no longer a famous Hong Kong star, not a martial arts woman, but a real international superstar.
Ironically, an actress who became famous for martial arts actually began to be unable to receive fights, and after entering the 21st century, she did not have any masterpieces of kung fu films worth mentioning except "Sword Rain".
This is the sadness of the times, martial arts films are lonely, Sammo Hung is old, Jet Li is sick, only Jackie Chan has been resisting, but there is no successor to kung fu films, green and yellow, even Jackie Chan does not know how long he can fight, it can only be said that the times have changed.
Michelle Yeoh also felt a certain sadness, she is not young, she may not be able to fight. However, in 2004, Michelle Yeoh met the Frenchman Jean Tod, who is the president of the FIA, and Michelle Yeoh's industry is not at odds, but fate made the two meet.
The Frenchman launched his own love offensive, snatched Michelle Yeoh, who was the girlfriend of the famous Hong Kong producer Chung Zaisi at the time, and the love between the two has been maintained to this day, but it caused an uproar in that year - since making Todd fall in love, Todd's own Ferrari drivers have repeatedly suffered setbacks.
For him, he is the general manager of Ferrari, Ferrari racing is his life, but at the same time, Michelle Yeoh is the other side of his life, and his life, he can't do without.
Fourth, climb to the top
Todd feels that Michelle Yeoh is a gem, but others feel that Michelle Yeoh is already a semi-retired old man in the film industry, and she has no popularity at all, and her life is enough to cover the coffin.
But Michelle Yeoh is specifically to break prejudice, she participated in the movie "Instantaneous Universe" - this was originally tailored for Jackie Chan's big brother, but after the eldest brother resigned, the crew could only change the gender of the protagonist and invited Michelle Yeoh.
As a result, we once again saw the fist to the flesh of Michelle Yeoh, the strength and beauty of Michelle Yeoh, the world can once again appreciate the world's first martial arts actress.
At the same time, she also contributed all the acting skills accumulated in her nearly 40-year acting career - in the movie, she played a martial arts master, played a scientist, played a movie star, a blind dancer, a top chef...
This movie has more than forty years of hard work accumulation by Michelle Yeoh, and when it is wrapped in the weather waves to attack the Oscars, even the Oscar judges, who are known for their paranoia, have to bow their heads and be convinced, in the play, Michelle Yeoh, an ordinary woman from an Asian family, walked out of the film and became an Oscar actress, which is well deserved.
Going back to the question at the beginning, does Michelle Yeoh's coffee position surpass Gong Li and Maggie Cheung? It seems that not, they went to different paths, looked at different landscapes, and there seemed to be no need to compare at all.
But the moment Michelle Yeoh won the Oscar, her words gave countless girls who wanted to start an unparalleled inspiration, she said: "I hope all women, don't listen to anyone say that you have long passed your golden period, don't give up!" ”
This is Michelle Yeoh's story, her story will continue to be told, and we are fortunate to be able to see her demeanor. For many people, the actress's own story is the best inspirational role model, and she will definitely write her own chapter more brilliantly.