Hong Kong-American actress Michelle Yeoh talked about how she faced racial prejudice after starting her career in Hollywood. HE quotes Hollywood Reporter.
In 1997, Yeoh played the Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies with Pierce Brosnan. She took on the role of Chinese spy and martial artist Wei Lin. “James Bond was known back then as just a macho and the girls were just cute,” says Yeo, whose protagonist is quite progressive for his time.
But after he began to offer stereotypical roles. “At that time, the producers couldn’t tell if I was Chinese or Korean, whether I spoke English or not. They spoke to me very loudly and slowly. “Before Crouching Tiger, I didn’t act in movies for about two years because I couldn’t accept stereotypical roles,” he said. The star of the movie is “Everywhere at the Same Time”.
Formerly Michelle Yeoh saidHe was advised to end his career before filming “Everything Everywhere and At Once”.