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If Michelle Yeoh retires, can you find a female star who can take her place? It seems quite difficult. After all, it is much more difficult to be a female star than to be a female star.
A few days ago, 60-year-old Michelle Yeoh appeared on the Met Gala red carpet wearing a low-cut green dress. Although the makeup was exquisite, it still failed to cover the wrinkles on her face and neck.
Unlike many veteran actresses who have a bunch of frozen faces, young, and pretty faces, Michelle Yeoh’s style is particularly refreshing. One of the most liked comments said this:
I think she is It’s not particularly well-maintained, but I like this kind of natural and real face. It’s incomparable elegance. I accept myself. Every strand of hair and every wrinkle is wealth.
Nowadays, technology is so advanced that female stars actually have many ways to retain their youth. Michelle Yeoh also has this condition, but she did not do this. Instead, she calmly faced the sagging skin and the rise of wrinkles, and allowed herself to grow old gracefully.
I have to say that compared to most actresses, she is really braver. There is no other reason, just because she has always been the unique Michelle Yeoh.
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Everyone says that the children of the poor can endure hardships, and the children of the poor can become masters early. The reason is very simple, because even if you don't like it or are unwilling, you have to do it. The conditions are there and you have no choice.
Compared with children from poor families, children with particularly good family conditions are faced with many direct roads to Rome as soon as they are born. Therefore, most of them cannot endure hardship and do not need to endure hardship. However, in Michelle Yeoh’s case, this The logic has been overturned.
In the impression of most people, the family conditions of people who work as stars must not be much better, because being a star is too hard and too painful, Jackie Chan , Hui Yinghong , all because the family is poor and has no way out. You can only find a way out for yourself by risking your life.
If there are other choices, I believe that few people would be willing to be a star, fall in love in movies and TV series, and make a lot of money easily, wouldn't it be good? Michelle Yeoh is different from them. She has enough conditions to live a pampered life for the rest of her life, but she chose a particularly hard road.
Michelle Yeoh was born in Malaysia to a very wealthy Chinese family. Her grandfather is known as the godfather of local transportation. Her father is a well-known Datuk in Malaysia. After his death, the Prime Minister will give a speech to express his condolences.
Because of her wealthy background, Michelle Yeoh started learning ballet at the age of 4. In addition, she also learned painting, piano, swimming, badminton, skiing, horse riding, diving, and even represented Malaysia in a diving competition.
When she was a teenager, she moved to England with her parents and was admitted to the Royal Academy of Dance in London to study ballet. Her dream at that time was to one day become her idol Margot Fonteyn.
Unfortunately, due to a spinal injury, her dance dream had to come to an end. She changed her major to dance and minored in art, and got a bachelor's degree in this major.
At that time, beauty pageants were held in many places. She was beautiful and generous in her early 20s. She signed up to participate in the Miss Malaysia Beauty Pageant and won the first prize. In the same year, she participated in the Melbourne Miss Beauty Pageant and once again became the winner. The championship trophy is in my arms.
Some time ago, Gu Ailing participated in the Winter Olympics and won 2 gold medals and 1 silver. After looking through her life history, many people lamented, which window did God close for her? This sentence should be used in young people. It’s no exaggeration to say that Michelle Yeoh was the same.
There are always those small groups of people who are good at everything and are good at anything, making people envious but not jealous at the same time.
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At that time, beauty pageants basically took two paths, entering the entertainment industry, or marrying a wealthy family. For Michelle Yeoh at that time, marrying a wealthy family certainly did not have much appeal, so it was natural for her to enter the entertainment industry.
Her first commercial was shot with Jackie Chan, and her partner in the second commercial was Chow Yun-fat . Qidian killed a large number of people in an instant. After signing a contract with , a film company in which Sammo Hung holds shares, she began to enter the film industry. After making a good movie, she also learned Cantonese and Mandarin.
The first movie she participated in was called " Owl and Dumbo ". It was a comedy action film starring Sammo Hung and George Lam. In it, she played a weak female teacher who was always bullied by her students.
The movie's reputation and box office were not good, which made Michelle Yeoh feel unprecedented shock and confusion, because she found that as a "vase", she had no power to control and change this situation.
Anyone who is familiar with early Hong Kong movies should know that in those movies with "big male protagonists" who have kung fu, the female characters are weak and need to be protected. There are even some roles specifically responsible for holding back the male protagonists.
When your role is destined to be a vase, it is destined not to be particularly important. These vases do not even require much acting skills, as long as you can act weak and cry.
Michelle Yeoh is not willing to be a vase without a soul. In her mind, the ideal role should be one with brains, ability, and opinion. However, because the most popular thing at that time was martial arts movies, if you want to play such a role, you must be able to Just fight.
Michelle Yeoh made a decision. She wanted to learn kung fu from scratch and become a martial arts actress. No one thought she could bear the hardship. After all, she had lived the life of a pampered young lady since she was a child, but Michelle Yeoh knew that she was do what.
Sammo Hung, like Jackie Chan, also has his own Hong Family Class . In order to become a star, Michelle Yeoh practices kung fu in the Hong Family Class every day, such as sandbag punching and kicking. She follows it day after day under the bright sun. A bunch of men training hard together.
Huangtian paid off. Half a year later, she became famous as the heroic Hong Kong policewoman in the movie "The Royal Sisters".
Because of her good reputation, she filmed the sequel "Royal Sisters 2" the next year. In the movie, she personally acted in dangerous scenes such as breaking through broken glass. For this movie, she was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress. Best Newcomer Award.
Later, Michelle Yeoh’s career almost failed all the way. Although she took a three-year break due to marriage, it still did not hinder her progress in the film career.
"Police Story 3", " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ", " Rain of Swords ", "007: Tomorrow Never Dies ", from Hong Kong, to the mainland, and then to the world, one after another classic works, let her No one can shake the status of female stars.
After so many years of making movies, she rarely used a body double. Whether it was fighting, speeding, or falling from high altitude, she always acted in person. For this reason, she was even blacklisted by the insurance company.
Because the action scenes were too dangerous, she suffered many injuries. The most serious one was when filming " Ajin's Story", she fell from an overpass, broke her spine, and was almost paralyzed.
Look at the current entertainment industry. Even if an actor cuts her finger and bleeds a little, it will be trending. You will know why she has been the number one female star for so many years.
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Not long after she became famous after filming "The Royal Sisters 2", Michelle Yeoh stopped acting in the three years from 1988 to 1991 because she got married to a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, Dickson Poon.
Dickson Pan is a very inspirational rich second generation. After returning from studying abroad, he did not join his father's business. Instead, he borrowed 1 million US dollars from his father to start his own business. Now, the Dickson Group founded by him is already the largest in Hong Kong. One of the largest and most profitable retailers and wholesalers.
In the past few years, Hong Kong's richest people rarely let their wives show up. Dickson Poon was no exception. After getting married, he asked Michelle Yeoh to take a break and become a full-time housewife. At first Michelle Yeoh agreed, but after only 3 years, Michelle Yeoh couldn't stand the hidden beauty in the house. Jiao was so lonely that she took the initiative to file for divorce.
How can a person who is not even willing to be a "supporting role" or a "vase" endure being a canary just for viewing?
After her divorce, Michelle Yeoh quickly resumed filming and has never left her beloved career. As of this year, she is still filming action movies at the age of 60. In the movies, her movements are still crisp and clean.
After divorcing Dickson Poon, Michelle Yeoh also had several love experiences, but she never remarried. Among them was an American heart doctor. They were once engaged because of their deep relationship. Yes, because her boyfriend asked her to take a rest after marriage, Michelle Yeoh tried every means After thinking about it, I still respected my heart.
She cannot belong to just one man or one family. She still has her own life to pursue, and she still belongs to herself.
Michelle Yeoh’s current boyfriend is FIA International Automobile Federation chairman Jean Todt. He is 16 years older than Michelle Yeoh. The two have been together for 18 years. Although there has been no news of marriage, one thing that can be confirmed is that they The relationship is very stable.
Talking about the relationship with her current boyfriend, Michelle Yeoh gave an evaluation. They respect each other and maintain a good balance.
Compared with her ex-husband, all her ex-boyfriends asked her to give up her career and return to the family to be a full-time housewife. Her current respect for her career and independent self is probably the reason why Michelle Yeoh admires him the most and has been with him for so many years.
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The issue of how to balance career and family has always been a contradiction that contemporary women cannot escape and cannot resolve. Whether they care about family or career, there is actually no right or wrong. What is different is that what you have to do is It’s not about following your heart, but whether your significant other respects your decision no matter what you choose.
Michelle Yeoh is a woman with a strong sense of self, who is very pursuing and independent. Neither her first husband nor her engaged ex-boyfriend understood her and did not regard her as an independent individual. Come respect.
A man's kindness to a woman is definitely not judged by pampering or not. Pampering is the word used by the emperor for his concubines. It is a charity from a person who stands on a high position to a person who needs to live by his nose. If you fail to meet his requirements, he can withdraw his favor at any time.
Respect is different. Both parties who respect are equal and independent. I do what I want, and you do what you want. You don’t need to be my foil. I don’t need to make compromises that go against my heart for you. This This is the highest state of love.
I hope that women in the world can meet men who respect them instead of doting on them.
