Michelle Yeoh Interview: American Born Chinese and How She Chooses Which Franchise To Be In
46From her roles in Hong Kong action films in the 90s to appearing in everything from Marvel to Star Trek, Michelle Yeoh has made a name for herself as an international actor. She recently appeared in American Born Chinese as the fictional version of the Bodhisattva and Chinese mythological goddess Guanyin. The series is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, following the story of an American teenager named Jin Wang (Ben Wang) and what happens when he meets Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu), his new classmate who turns out to be the son of the legendary Monkey King Sun Wukong (Daniel Wu).
In our interview with Yeoh, we discuss what drew her to the role of Guanyin and the project American Born Chinese. We discuss the way the series chose to portray Guanyin, in a more modern and covert context beyond just her traditional costuming. The series also features many familiar faces from her Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once and from the Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and we talked about what it was like to reunite with fellow actors and creatives. Finally, with her appearance in so many franchises past, present, and future, Yeoh talked about how she chooses what franchises to be in.
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