“Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle Yeoh discusses tokenism, aging, her dangerous early-career stunts and why she prays every night for an Oscar.
Yeah, they went to China to see Jackie and presented the story to him and, and all that, yes.What does that change mean? Like, for you, does it do to the story to switch the focus from the father to the mother?I think the whole dynamic changes right away. I think it is a comfort thing to write it for a man, because it’s an action movie. Then you always think, “Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s what the man should do. He should save the universe.
But then, those roles are not so many. So we have to find ways to tell these storytellers, “Don’t look at us as being older women. Just look at us as great actors and actors who can help you tell your story.”And then you’ve long been an advocate for Asian representation in Hollywood, as you were saying, and I’ve heard you speak sometimes about how there’s a tension between what you see as representation and tokenism. And I’m curious to know how you sort that out for yourself.
And I’m thinking, “But at that point of my life and career, I was pretty much fearless,” because I was so focused on: “I am going to show the world I can do this!” And I was fit. I was working with my stunt people. I knew what I was doing. I felt I had control in my hands, but sometimes it’s not about you being in control.If you look at the car chase and things like that, I was literally strapped to the side of the car.
The most funny, I think, an emotional fight sequence was the one with Jamie Lee Curtis, when she finally gets her head through the wall…Sound effects of fight scene between Yeoh and Curtis’ characters, ending with Curtis’ character crashing through a stairwell wall.And Jamie, bless her, she did everything. I mean, she came, like, “Ahhh” down the wire by herself. And I was like, “Jamie, good for you!” 'Cause that is what you want.
Because Evelyn is aged by the suffering, the pain. Yeah, they came for the American dream, but it’s not always a dream. Sometimes it’s a nightmare. And this weighs on you. Then she’s running a laundromat, and what happens to a person who’s always lifting heavy things and doing, working with her hands? So cut nails, cut to the bare minimum. She sort of like slouches sideways because she’s always lifting heavy things. So that, for me, was very important.
And that happens all the time, and when they make a comment, they always go for the jugular. It’s like, “Oh, you’re getting fat. You’re not doing this, you’re not —” 'cause the intention, really, it’s not to be critical. But it’s their way to say, “You can be better, and I will help point out what are the things that can help you be better.” And in their minds, it’s like, “When you are better, you will get better opportunities.
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