Michelle Yeoh sweeping the 2023 awards season … what, like it’s hard?
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00:00As a young woman trying to break into film in Hong Kong,
00:03I was confronted with limitations at every turn.
00:06Initially cast in stereotypical roles, the demure, docile,
00:11damsel in distress, I soon realized
00:14that what I wanted to play were the action roles, the heroes.
00:20Of course, these were then reserved exclusively for men.
00:24But I could see that their fight sequences were highly
00:28choreographed, and I knew in my bones
00:30that my dance training would allow me to excel at them
00:34if only I were given the chance.
00:37So I went to my producer and said, I did say please.
00:41I want an action role.
00:43I was prepared to do everything the men were doing,
00:46the choreography, the stunts, taking the blows,
00:49the wire work, all of it.
00:51What?
00:52Like it's hard?