Jackie Chan’s congratulatory message on Oscar nomination to Michelle Yeoh

Jackie Chan sends congratulatory message to Michelle Yeoh after Everywhere Everywhere All at Once, says director approached her first

Actor Michelle Yeoh, nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, revealed that Jackie Chan sent her a congratulatory message after Everywhere Everywhere All at Once and shared that the director came to meet her earlier. She thanks him for turning down the role.

Originally, Jackie Chan was to star in the genre-bending film Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Hui Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film is up for 11 nominations at the 95th Academy Awards. Michelle, who is the first Asian actress to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination, shared that she received a message from Jackie congratulating her after the film. He also shared that the director with the surname Daniels had come to visit him earlier. She thanks him for not participating.

In the film, Michelle plays Evelyn, a Chinese-American immigrant who owns a laundromat with her husband Waymond (Ke Hui Quan).

I think whenever filmmakers tell stories, they You also have to keep in mind. This is show business. ‘I also want to write something so that someone makes it a film.’ So, they wrote it in such a way that they would make it a film. So, he wrote it this way, Jackie and I as the wife, so it was complete, the roles were reversed.”

She later the recalled and I remembered to the Jackie texting me and sayings to the CONGRATULATION! You know, did you realize that your boys came to visit me first?’ And I’m like Thanks bro, you’ve done me a huge favor!

Mitchell also credited writer-director Jodi Daniels for the film’s success. Her character Evelyn is that of an ordinary woman who is given the role of a superhero.