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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christi Carras

What younger Asian actors tell Michelle Yeoh: 'Finally, I can see myself'

Michelle Yeoh is everywhere.

Hot off the limited release and fast approaching the wide release of her latest project, "Everything Everywhere All at Once," the Malaysian actor has been promoting the heck out of the sci-fi thriller. She's earning some of the greatest reviews of her career and dominating the discourse on film Twitter — which has already launched an unofficial Oscars campaign for lead actress on her behalf.

"What [is special about] this moment in my career is having so many people who look like me, especially the younger generation [of Asian actors], come up to me and say, 'Finally, I can see myself doing all these kinds of things because you are doing it,'" Yeoh told People magazine in an interview published Thursday.

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