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Michelle Yeoh Had Doubts About Starring in ‘Wicked,’ Then Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Sent Her a Video: ‘It’s Imperative That You Join Us!’
Michelle Yeoh on how a video from stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo asking her to join 'Wicked' made her take on the role in hit adaptation.
Yeoh added that the two “Wicked” leads are “always singing” and that Grande is “like a hummingbird, always fleeting and flying.” “It was such a happy set,” she gushed, emphasizing that creating that kind of environment is where the “brilliance” of Jon M. Chu is. The actor is also grateful for how “Crazy Rich Asians” brought her closer to a new generation almost two decades after the success of Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” “Journalists were all coming to me and saying ‘My parents are so excited that I am interviewing you!’ And I get it because all my movies came out when you were toddlers.” Elsewhere in the conversation, Yeoh said she does not regret taking a few years in between her breakout role in “Tomorrow Never Dies” and Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” At the time, the actor felt the industry was “stereotyped” in how it saw Asian women.
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