Quentin Tarantino Convinced Michelle Yeoh To Not Quit Acting
Michelle Yeoh, star of the new A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once has described how Quentin Tarantino once convinced her to not give up working as an actor. Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Schneider, Everything Everywhere All At Once is about a Chinese-American mother, portrayed by Yeoh, who discovers that she is able to access the memories and skills of alternate versions of herself, leading her on a sci-fi action-adventure. Also starring Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film had its world premiere at SXSW on March 11 and is set to release theatrically on March 25.
Originally from Malaysia, Yeoh first rose to fame in Hong Kong cinema where she performed her own stunts in such action films as Yes Madam, Police Story 3, and Wing Chun. She then began appearing in Hollywood films, most notably Pierce Brosnan's second Bond outing Tomorrow Never Dies, before starring in Ang Lee's 2000 masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which Yeoh was nominated for a Best Actress BAFTA. More recently she has been lighting up the small screen on Star Trek: Discovery as the indomitable Captain Philippa Georgiou and the big screen as Ying Nan in Shang Chi.
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It seems that success would have escaped Yeoh before it had even really begun, if not for the inspiring words of Quentin Tarantino. According to THR, Yeoh suffered a nearly career-ending back injury on the set of The Stunt Woman in 1996, which led her to question her path in life. Tarantino was the one who eventually convinced her to take a meeting in Hong Kong with Jet Li and Jackie Chan, which Yeoh describes as a turning point in her career. The director was apparently a huge fan of Yeoh's and
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