Obviously Western audiences were exposed to Yeoh’s awesomeness in movies like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 1997 James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies – AKA the one where the villain is a media mogul starting literal wars so he can scoop rival outlets by, like, 20 minutes. Still, Yeoh was the highlight of this dumb movie with yet even more impressive motorcycle scenes.
Yeoh’s character, Wai Lin, was such a stand-out for audiences that MGM considered giving her a solo spin-off movie – but ultimately they abandoned that plan in favor of making more James Bond movies featuring invisible cars and revolting puns. Hollywood really dropped the ball on making Yeoh the next big action star who can handle a light jog.
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