Michelle Yeoh said her fight in “Master Z: Ip Man Legacy” against Max Zhang left her black and blue.
In Crazy Rich Asians, Michelle Yeoh plays Eleanor Young, the imposing matriarch of a powerful Singaporean real estate family, who stands opposed to her son and heir’s American girlfriend . While no stranger to dramatic roles, Yeoh’s flair for action, including starring roles in some of the most successful martial arts movies ever made, gives her a special insight into the ways power, force and conflict are built on screen.
“I did this movie because of him. When Master Yuen says ‘Michelle,’ I say ‘Yes! When, where, how?’” Yeoh said. “He’s like a mentor—like a big uncle—he’s such a good friend and it’s always fun to work with him, because you know he will always push you to your limits and he’ll always get you to do something new.”
Master Z showcases Yuen’s endless inventiveness with outrageous action sequences, like a high-wire brawl among creaking neon signs above a Hong Kong nightlife district. It also pits Zhang against contemporary action standard-bearers like muay thai monk Tony Jaa and the indomitable Dave Bautista. But despite the overflowing spectacle of Master Z, the fight between Kwan and Cheung is a series high point, pitting an icon of martial arts cinema against one of its rising stars.
The fight between Kwan and Cheung, including the huge mob fighting just outside of Kwan’s office, took a total of seven days to shoot. “There are no rehearsals,” Yeoh said. “We get in and learn our moves right there and then.” “We talk about work less and less each time because we have such a shorthand,” Yuen told Newsweek, describing his long working relationship with Yeoh. The two first collaborated on 1993’s Tai Chi Master, starring Jet Li. A year later, Yuen directed Yeoh in Wing Chun, a rare woman-led martial arts movie in a genre dominated by men.
On a high-impact film set, trusting yourself and your sparring partner is a must. “All of it is really down to choreography and the discipline of being fit and being accurate, because nothing is worse than when you’re supposed to kick someone in the chest and you kick them in the head instead,” Yeoh said. “That is the greatest respect to the people you fight with—you have the confidence that you won’t accidentally hit them.
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