Michelle Yeoh Says ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Script ‘Blew Her Mind’

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Michelle Yeoh promises “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is like nothing you’ve seen before. The actress opened up about the mind-bending film in an interview with Entertainment Weekly for their digital issue cover story. “When I read the script, it blew my mind.

I had no idea what it was all about. There was no one singular way to look at it,” she revealed. “So I wanted to meet the Daniels, so they could explain to me what the heck they were thinking when they wrote that.” When it came to the young directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, she had nothing but praise for them. READ MORE: Priyanka Chopra, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, And Michelle Yeoh Grab Dinner In London: ‘Cool Kids’ Table’ “I love finding new young directors to work with because they think out of the box, they think so differently.

I’m an old dinosaur,” she admitted. “After the first meeting, I thought ‘these guys are evil geniuses.'” The directors had equal praise for the martial arts movie veteran as they had written the role of Evelyn Wang with Yeoh in mind. “We grew up on those Hong Kong action movies,” said Scheinert. “We couldn’t imagine anyone other than her playing the part, and that was very scary.” Working on the film may have been even scarier for Yeoh who admitted that every day on set, she had no idea what would happen. “Every day when I walk on the set, I look at my directors and go ‘you know I don’t know what’s happening, right?'” The actress laughed. “They would go like ‘don’t worry, don’t worry.

We’ll walk you through it.’ You would go like ‘oh shoot, I am in serious trouble again.‘ But it was great.” READ MORE: Michelle Yeoh Rocks Iconic ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Ring At Golden Globes And It’s Giving Us The Feels “Everything