MAKING THE LADY MICHELLE YEOH AND LUC BESSON WERE ACUTELY AWARE IT COULD HURT SUU KYI
Delighted to give cdinema another powerful female figure a character all too rare on screens malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh portray Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady.
To perfect her portrayal, the heroine of kung fu films spent six months learning Burmese, shed 10 kilograms and met Suu Kyi in person.
She was the only member of the crew granted entry to the country, albeit for just 24 hours.
And now that the Burmese goverment has seen the film directed by Luc Besson, Yeoh is blacklisted from visiting again, We were able to speak to both of them about the circumstances.
"We don't have many iconic heroines. As an actress, you always try to find characters that are very challenging at many different levels, and here you have such an amazing story." Yeoh said.
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