In Everything Everywhere All At Once, the Shang-chi actress appears in another badass role—not as a superhero or martial arts master this time, but as an immigrant launderette owner who must save the universe while struggling to pay her taxes
Michelle Yeoh’s four-decade career hasn’t been short on action roles: she has trained superheroes in Marvel’s Shang-Chi, saved the day in a James Bond movie, and protected a sacred sword in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Now, she is back, tasked with saving an infinite number of realities in a playful new sci-fi film.
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In Everything Everywhere All At Once, set to be released by A24 on March 25 in the US, Yeoh plays Evelyn Wang, a Chinese immigrant in the US, who runs a launderette and can’t seem to finish her taxes. Wang moves to California with her guileless husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) to escape her overbearing father’s (James Hong) rejection of their marriage and pursue happiness. As her business collapses, her family relationships deteriorate and she struggles to make ends meet, she watches her American dream slowly crumble.