For most mainstream Western audiences, Michelle Yeoh’s first major spy movie was the 1997 James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies. And so, in some ways, playing a reluctant, quippy spy in the new standalone streaming Star Trek movie, Section 31, is a return to those ‘90s espionage roots. But, as Yeoh points out, she’s been playing this kind of badass well before her James Bond era.
“I’ve been playing that kind of agent for a while — even when I did SuperCop with Jackie Chan!” she tells Inverse enthusiastically. “It’s the same kind of thing. You have to go undercover and get things done.”
