It is a consecration for Michelle Yeoh.
The actress is on the cover of the prestigious TIME magazine, which awarded her one of its most important accolades: Icon of the Year.
After 40 years of career, the 60-year-old actress indeed caused a sensation in the film
Everything Everywhere All at Once
.
This production by the Russo brothers, in which she plays the main role of a Chinese immigrant discovering that other versions of her exist in parallel worlds, has created competition as unexpected as it is unprecedented for the Marvel and DC teams, until there masters of the genre.
If Michelle Yeoh feels a little "overwhelmed" by all the buzz she's causing, she has the Oscars in her sights.
Not to win an additional personal victory, but for the Asian community, so little represented on the screen.
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" I thought about it.
And not just me, I feel like my whole Asian community has thought about it.
They come to me and say, "You're doing it for us."
It's not that I need it.
It is this feeling that you do not have to explain: it is the love of others.
My arms are open, ”she explained to TIME, which devotes a long subject to her.
Michelle Yeoh says her origins shouldn't be a topic of discussion, but she says her success in the industry as an Asian actress "has been a struggle."
"I look at my peers, Cate Blanchett, Olivia Colman, Helen Mirren, and I'm like, 'Oh my God, I envy all the different opportunities you have to show your talent over and over,'" she said. added.
In fact, this role of Evelyn Quan Wang in
Everything Everywhere All at Once
, she carries it with fervor.
“When you have an opportunity like this, you have to pour your heart and soul into it, because you don't know when the next chance will come.
I think that's my biggest fear: please don't let this be the last," she said.
Michelle Yeoh is on her way to the Oscars.
The nominees will be announced on January 24.
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