Oscar nominee on how her role was first offered to Jackie Chan

Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Yeoh speaks to CNN's Christiane Amanpour about her acclaimed film "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and her first reactions to the script. #CNN #News

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  1. Michelle Yeoh has been one of the most UNDERRATED actresses in the world for decades! So pleased with this and can’t wait to see it ❤

    1. Martial arts star Jackie Chan wants to join the Chinese Communist Party, but China doesn’t want him. Chan’s comments were further proof to people outside China he is anti-democracy and is a cheerleader for Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong . According South China morning post ( March 2021).

    1. @RaymondHng I really think it’s the Year of Everything Everywhere All At Once. Nabbing a SAG and Golden Globe is pretty damn good. The only weird thing about winning all of these awards is that it may OR may not be indicative of what could happen at the Oscars. We’ve already witnessed that you could win a multitude of awards leading up to the BIG NIGHT of Oscars and end up losing it. We’ll just have to wait and see.

  2. Definitely… Michelle should take the Oscars.

    I can relate to this movie on so many levels, from all the characters POV. I’m just jealous this movie didn’t have a Latino twist to it too. Because it also breaks into the 1st generation immigrant experience. LGBT+ newality.

    Oh boy. Everyone’s at the table. Even Uncle Sam on small businesses.

  3. She is very very well spoken in every interview. I have known her name when I was young but never realized she speaks that good English.

    1. Yeoh was born in what was then called the Federation of Malaya, a British protectorate, where Malay is the official language and English is a recognized language. The Proclamation of Malaysia was a statement, written in English and Malay, that declared the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the British crown colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore into the new Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963,

  4. Interesting. EEAAO was easily my favorite movie of the past year… but, I would have had little interest in it, if Jackie Chan was the lead actor.

  5. I hope she wins. She’s my childhood memories. And the first time I saw her in James Bond, I was so surprise movie stars from one country can be in the US! She broke my ceiling already from there

  6. The film was SO very strange, hilarious, heartwarming and action-filled. I wondered if I was altered or was it the film that had me in a 🤯 state of mind for most of it. 😂 Some of the plot just had me literally laughing out loud uncontrollably because they were so unexpectedly outrageous. In the end, Michelle summed it up well for what it was — a story about love, intergenerational and cultural conflict and compromises with a huge dose of crazy (check out the hot dog fingers). The film wouldn’t have been the same with a male actor because there’s always something different and special when you explore mother-daughter conflicts in general but it’s especially unique in the context of an immigrant mother and a daughter whose lifestyle and identity conflict with cultural expectations. Michelle and the entire cast were incredible. I really hope she wins and get recognized for her role. This film and her performance really do stand in a class of their own.

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