Will there be a sequel to the movie “Everything”? Michelle Yeoh answers emphatically
“It would be like doing the same thing”
With the Oscar for Best Actress in her pocket, Michelle Yeoh has now established herself as a major actress and Hollywood star, thanks to Daniels’ “Everything Everywhere All At Once “ , produced by A24 .
The 60-year-old Oscar-winning actress was at the Cannes Film Festival 2023 and spoke to Variety about various topics, such as the roles that are being offered to her, the state of cinema, and the possibility of a sequel to ” Everything “, given the huge success which he noted in all its lengths. There Yeoh gave an emphatic response clearing up once and for all the possibility of an “Always Everything 2” saying, “There’s not going to be a sequel. We’d just do the same thing.”
She also talked about big-budget movies and the obsession of some studios that CGI will make everything better: “There are blockbuster movies that get horribly messed up, but they keep doing the same thing ,” Yeoh said. ” It’s the studios that think this is their comfort zone: in these movies, the budgets get bigger and they feel that more violence, more CGI will make them better, but the truth is, it’s not. It’s really the telling of the story. In “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” even though we traveled to the multiverse, the main theme was love .”
It is worth mentioning that with a budget of around $25 million, Daniels’ feat became the biggest grossing success in the history of A24, with over $140 million dollars worldwide. The epic and crazy multiverse adventure from directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert also stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, who also won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively, while the cast is rounded out by Stephanie Hsu, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr. and James Hong .
Yeoh has some projects where she will be seen soon such as the series ” American Born Chinese ” on Disney Plus, where she co-stars with the rest of “Everything”, namely Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu. As well as her return to Star Trek as Emperor Philippa Georgiou in Star Trek: Section 31 . He will also star in the film ” A Haunting in Venice ” with Kenneth Branagh, as well as the ” Wicked ” films.
The movie “Everything ” swept this year’s Oscars, winning 7 golden statuettes (out of 11 nominations) in four major categories already, those of Best Film, Director, Best Actress and Best Actor.
