Chapter 47 Real Kung Fu Star: Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian. She has been fond of sports since she was a child, and she is also very talented in language.Since I was a child, I have spoken Cantonese and Mandarin very well.After growing up, she entered the entertainment industry because she was elected Miss Malaysia.Originally, she was a ballet student. She was injured once when she was 23 years old. After recovering, she learned Kung Fu from Sammo Hung and me. She practiced hard for 9 hours every day.At that time we had to practice qigong every day, and she and Maggie Cheung were also forced to practice with us.Because Michelle Yeoh has a background in ballet, she has practiced kung fu well.

When I was preparing to shoot "Police Story 3: Super Cop", I asked her to be my partner. Both of them have kung fu, playing two policemen with very different personalities, the dramatic effect is very good.In the movie, her action scenes are not much less than mine. In the scene of driving a motorcycle straight into the train, she also acted in person, very hardworking, and I admire her very much.This is also the first time that the heroine in my movie no longer "can watch but not fight".Later, she developed very well in Hollywood, playing the most capable Bond girl in the "007" series, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" added a lot of points to her. I am very proud of her.

Here I think of a little story with her.We were all in Hong Kong at that time, and she still loved all kinds of sports. Once, she told me, brother, let’s find time to invite some friends to go skiing abroad together.I said: "No, I never ski." She asked why, and I said: "I don't want to do this kind of dangerous exercise. I do these dangerous movements every day in my own life. I finally have time to rest. Why do you still do this when you are taking a break from playing? Besides, if I went skiing, skating, or climbing a mountain and died in an accident, it would be so unfair! Even if I want to do something, I have to have a film to record it, at least People know what I did. I made dangerous moves on the set, at least there are machines recording them, and everyone will say you are brave after seeing it." She was a little bit disapproving, and I said, "You can go there, but be careful. "

The next time we meet again, I will ask her out for dinner, and I will see that she is on two crutches.It turned out that she broke her hamstring when she said she was going skiing.I said, "Look at how wronged you are." She said with a bitter face, "Brother, you are right..." She had to rest for a long time with a broken hamstring, so she had to rest for a year.No one knew about it at the time, and she had to hide it, otherwise, if the media found out, the headline would come out—"Martial arts star Michelle Yeoh broke her tendon while skiing", what an embarrassment!As a result, she hid for a year without filming.

I have been filming for so many years and have tried many sports. I know that skiing is the most prone to problems.At that time, we were filming in Australia, and the hospital there had people going to the doctor every day because of skiing injuries in various places. I paid special attention to it and would "intimidate" the staff of the crew. If anyone was injured while skiing, Return to Hong Kong immediately. Having said that, let me say a few more words.As the saying goes, riding a boat and riding a horse is three points of risk. I have been filming circuses for many years, and I have also paid great attention to this aspect.When I first started training, I felt familiar. After getting off the horse, the coach asked, are you still afraid?I said I'm not afraid anymore.He said, wrong, every day of riding is the first day of riding, and you must always be alert and not take it lightly.Until now, I have to check the condition of the horse, the condition of the saddle every time before I get on the horse.This is like a pilot who has to check all the equipment one by one before flying the plane. When I was in Japan, I saw the driver of the bus, and every time he arrived at the station, he had to reverse the front, left and right. I looked in the mirror several times carefully, and reminded myself with gestures every step, which is very admirable.

However, if you encounter those dangerous actions during filming, that kind of fear is already the second kind of fear.I am afraid, I will do it too.How can anyone take the initiative to jump off a building, plane, or sea?I dare to fight and try.Even if the accident is for the movie, it will be recorded in the camera forever.