tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post6323162894711878662..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: A Thankless Year for Michelle YeohSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-53923507307820864792009-01-19T18:24:00.000-05:002009-01-19T18:24:00.000-05:00Yes, being cast in X-Men would've added to the typ...Yes, being cast in X-Men would've added to the typecasting against Michelle. I think I implied as much. Hollywood suits just don't think she's marketable enough to make them happy. Their loss.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-48758309712797642812009-01-19T11:51:00.000-05:002009-01-19T11:51:00.000-05:00Don't you suppose that being cast as a martial-art...Don't you suppose that being cast as a martial-arts mutant would only have made matters worse for Yeoh? Hollywood has against her what they had against Chow Yun Fat, but they at least gave him a chance in Anna and the King to do a role without gunplay or wirework -- and then they put him in Bulletproof Monk. I don't think Yeoh has had opportunities from Hollywood equivalent to Chow's, even though she's better looking and speaks better English. Go figure.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-49564481702974339222009-01-18T21:04:00.000-05:002009-01-18T21:04:00.000-05:00Having seen Journey to the Center of the Earth, I ...Having seen Journey to the Center of the Earth, I can verify that Brendan Fraser jumped the shark some time ago. He does, after all, have Looney Tunes: Back in Action on his resume.<BR/><BR/>You'd think, however, that Michelle Yeoh would've been a much more bankable commodity here in the US as something other than a "bargaining chip", as you put it. Especially considering she has "Bond girl" on her resume (Tomorrow Never Dies). Now, maybe if she'd been cast as, say for example, Lady Deathstrike in one of the X-Men movies, then there's the argument of her being used for genre movies and little else (and isn't that already a knock?). What does Hollywood have against her?hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.com