Michelle Yeoh’s performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once has been regarded as a frontrunner for the Best Actress Oscars race.
Michelle Yeoh, who starred in one of the most acclaimed films of the year- Everything Everywhere All At Once, has been quoted as 2022’s Icon of the Year by Time Magazine. The Malaysian actor expressed her thoughts about the numerous challenges she faced as an actress and how her significant role in the A24 film is the moment she has been waiting for. Glorified to be a frontrunner for the Best Actress race at the Oscars, Michelle said of the building praise, “My arms are out open.”
“It shouldn’t be about me and my race, but it has been a struggle,” Michelle confessed. “At least let me try.” said the actor who has starred in several films in supporting roles including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Crazy Rich Asians. Speaking of the Best Actress race at this year’s Academy Awards, Michelle expresses she understands its effectiveness of it. As of now, No Asian woman has brought the Best Actress Trophy home in the history of the Academy Awards. “I’ve pondered about it,” she said. “And not just me—I feel like my whole Asian community has thought about it. They come up to me and they say, ‘You’re gonna do it for us.’”
“Just Give it to me,” she answered the question when asked by Time Magazine, directing to an Oscar win for Lead Actress. “It’s not about the need for it — it’s that feeling that you don’t have to express: It’s love from other people globally. My arms are out open,” she said. The star also insisted upon the fact that such a prospect does not come quite frequently for an actor like her, and she hopes more such opportunities are taken on her after the massive commercial success of EEAAO. “I do glimpse at the work of all my counterparts— Cate Blanchett, Olivia Colman, Helen Mirren — and go, Oh Gosh, I covet all the diverse opportunities you get to showcase your talent again and again,” she said. “When you get a chance like this, you have to pour your heart and soul into it thoroughly, because you don’t exactly know when the next chance is gonna land…I think that is my greatest fear: Please don’t let this be the one and only,” concluded the actor.
