“She’s incredible in the film, an amazing performance, and yet she didn’t get nominated. Her “Everything Everywhere” performance already earned her honors from the National Board of Review and the Golden Globes, and she’s set to star in the Disney+ original series “American Born Chinese” this spring. It’s sort of amazing how a movie like this becomes even more timely.”įollowing the critical and commercial success of “Crouching Tiger,” Yeoh collaborated with filmmakers including Danny Boyle and Steven Spielberg, starred in hits such as 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians” and became part of the Marvel, “Star Trek,” “Minions,” “The Mummy,” “The Witcher” and “Kung Fu Panda” franchises. “If you look at this movie today, it is so relevant in terms of (how) all the different genders are treated in the film, and the respect and power and the way that women are really the dominant characters in this movie,” says Bernard. In a cinematic landscape populated by Charlize Theron’s Furiosa in “Mad Max: Fury Road” and Daisy Ridley’s Rey in the recent “Star Wars” films, “Crouching Tiger” feels downright prescient. Jade Fox was bitter and angry to be sidelined, forbidden to learn because she was a woman.” Jen Yu is young, brave or reckless, free-minded and selfish. It is a big contrast to show the different generation and mindset. “Yu Shu Lien is a very traditional woman who carries a lot of burdens, responsibility, duty, obligation, self-control, and personal sacrifice for the big picture. “These three women represent different generations grappling with gender expectations,” says Yeoh. Three of its four leads – warrior Yu Shu Lien, mysterious aristocrat Jen and vindictive criminal Jade Fox – each grapple with the boundaries of traditional gender roles. The film feels particularly resonant today. There’s a whole generation that needs to see this movie on the big screen, to see what ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ really was and is.” “A lot of teenage girls seeing this movie for the first time – and seeing it for the first time on the big screen. “I was shocked to see who was in the theater, it was full of teenagers,” says Sony Classics co-president Tom Bernard. “Crouching Tiger” played to raves at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. Ang believes every detail counts, and it helps to build our characters day by day.” 'There's a whole generation that needs to see this movie' My character Yu Shu Lien is a very grounded, experienced warrior, so her flight is solid and grounded but powerful. “He believes the training can help us to understand our characters instead of just physical technique or physical training. “What I like about Ang Lee is that he is very detail-oriented,” she says. Working with Lee and fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, Yeoh was able to combine character work and innovative action. “But I looked at her face, and your emotions are so devoted to her as soon as you look at her, without saying anything, so I really wanted her to carry this movie.” “Before ‘Crouching Tiger’ she was hardly doing any dramatic roles,” says Lee. “Crouching Tiger” was also a pivotal point for Yeoh, who had already found a fanbase for her work in the 1992 Jackie Chan vehicle “Supercop” and 1996’s “The Stunt Woman.” It’s like a congregation to me, in my mind. "I stage the show, lift people’s spirits, and hopefully life feels different after they walk out of the theater. He calls movie theaters "the modern temple." "Crouching Tiger" was "one of the heydays" in a career spent creating experiences for the cinema, Lee says. View Gallery: Oscars 2023: Tom Cruise, Austin Butler, more at nominees luncheon It is ‘Sense and Sensibility’ with martial arts." “It is a fusion of East and West, of Asian film history and Hollywood, of action movies and art house cinema. “It is classic and never gets old,” Yeoh says via email. Yeoh says there’s a very simple reason why the film, part of the Chinese wuxia martial arts film tradition, still resonates with audiences around the world nearly a quarter century after its initial release in 2000. But this Friday, the first landmark Oscar contender to star Yeoh – Ang Lee’s 2000 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” – returns to theaters with a 4K restoration. With 11 nominations, “Everything Everywhere” is a frontrunner heading into the Oscars on March 12. Watch Video: Michelle Yeoh has always 'loved' her 'Tiger' characterĮverything is about Michelle Yeoh is everywhere these days – and with good reason.Ī cinematic force to be reckoned with for nearly 40 years, Yeoh earned the first Academy Award nomination of her career this year, thanks to her starring turn in the DIY sci-fi masterpiece “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
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