Jackie Chan sent Michelle Yeoh congrats text after Everything Everywhere All At Once, says directors went to him first

Originally, Jackie Chan was meant to star within the genre-bending movie Everything Everywhere All at Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the movie is up for 11 nominations on the ninety fifth Academy Awards. Michelle, who’s the primary Asian actress to obtain a Best Actress Oscar nomination, shared that she obtained a textual content from Jackie, telling her congratulations after the movie. He additionally shared that the administrators, nicknamed the Daniels, had come to see him first. She thanked him for not taking over the half. (Also learn: Michelle Yeoh says she desires that Oscar, however does not want it: ‘Give it to me’)

In the movie, Michelle performs a Chinese-American immigrant, Evelyn, who owns a laundromat along with her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan). While the couple is being audited by the Internal Revenue Service, she finds herself sucked right into a parallel universe the place she should go up in opposition to the highly effective Jobu Tupaki (Stephanie) with a purpose to save her world from collapsing.

In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, the actor shared, “[My role] was written for a man when the Daniels set out to do this. I think whenever filmmakers tell a story, they also have to be mindful. It is show business. ‘I also have to write something that somebody will make it into a film.’ So, they wrote it that way, that they will make it into a film.’ So, they wrote it like that way, with Jackie, and me as the wife, so it was completely, the role was reversed.”

She later recalled, “I remember Jackie texting me and saying, ‘Congratulations! You know, did you realize that your boys came to see me first?’ And I’m like, ‘Thank you, bro, you did me a huge favor!'” The veteran actor, identified for her motion roles, additionally informed Christiane that it’s at all times the person who will get to go on the adventures in movies. She wished to do the identical in her profession as effectively.

Michelle additionally attributed the success of the movie to the writer-director duo, the Daniels. She mentioned that they weren’t afraid of sturdy girls and have been impressed by their moms and companions to make Everything Everywhere All at Once. Her character Evelyn is an peculiar girl who’s given a job to play as a superhero.