Michelle Yeoh

...set against the fascinations of Asia. Okay, that the two cast members in common were Gong Li and Ziyi Zhang, and one boasted Maggie Cheung and the other Michelle Yeoh, was enticing, who can deny it? Still, the beauty of these women and my...

In this article: Ziyi Zhang, Murderball, Gong Li, Mark Zupan, Wong Kar Wai, Showgirls, Rob Marshall, 2046, and Stoicism

...Boy" and other Lewis novels. Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," starring Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh as Japanese geishas (discuss), is based on Arthur Golden's best-selling novel. Having seen this, we can tell...

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...European territories -- excludes UK) A Cinderella story like no other, Memoirs of a Geisha stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li in a romantic epic about a house servant blossoming against all odds to become the most...

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I could not let them down. There are so many Asian actors and to give us -- three Chinese women [Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh were the other two] -- a chance made us very conscious of our responsibilities." As for the controversial casting...

In this article: Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Washington, Motion Picture Association of America, Ezra Pound, National Geographic Society, Hollywood, Zhang Yimou, and Memoirs of a Geisha

...Hatsumomo and Mameha, did not go to Japanese actresses. Zhang Ziyi (Sayuri) and Gong Li (Hatsumomo) are both Chinese , whereas Michelle Yeoh (Mameha) is an ethnic Chinese from Malaysia. More notable is the fact that all three were already...

In this article: Memoirs of a Geisha, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Japan, Ken Watanabe, David Geffen, Brokeback Mountain, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence

...18; Universal releases the $160 million sequel "The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," starring Li, Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh, on Aug. 1. Harvey Weinstein and producer Mike Medavoy are still hoping to gain access to China this...

In this article: China, Red Cliff, John Woo, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rob Cohen, Chow Yun-Fat, Shanghai, and Sony