Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh has voiced her disappointment following the cancellation of her Netflix series, The Brothers Sun.
In a heartfelt Instagram post, Yeoh wrote, “Heartbroken… and finding it so hard to understand why… however, I am so very proud of My ‘Brothers Sun’ family and what we presented to the world. Heads held high.”
The Brothers Sun premiered on Netflix in January and garnered critical acclaim, particularly for Yeoh’s leading performance as Eileen, a Taiwanese crime family matriarch. The series followed Charles Sun (Justin Chien), a Taipei gangster, who journeys to Los Angeles to safeguard his mother and brother (Sam Song Li) after his father’s assassination.
The series managed to achieve a near-perfect audience score of 91% and a commendable 84% from critics. This performance places it among the top-rated shows on Netflix for 2024, sharing prestigious company with titles like One Day, A Killer Paradox, and House of Ninjas.
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In The Brothers Sun, Yeoh played Eileen ‘Mama’ Sun, the fierce matriarch of a Taiwanese crime family. When her eldest son Charles (Justin Chien), a deadly assassin, finds himself a target, he reconnects with Mama Sun and his younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li) to protect them.
However, despite the strong critical reception and a promising start in the viewership rankings, The Brothers Sun struggled to maintain a broad audience. It initially recorded 30.2 million hours viewed in its first days on Netflix, eventually totaling 126.1 million hours over its first five weeks.
These numbers, while respectable, fell short of Netflix’s benchmarks for renewing a series for additional seasons, particularly when compared to the streaming service’s most successful originals.
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Yeoh’s upcoming projects include a pivotal role in the Wicked adaptation, a Star Trek spin-off series, and further appearances in the expanding Avatar franchise.
