How Quentin Tarantino Saved Michelle Yeoh’s Action Career

Michelle Yeoh credits Quentin Tarantino’s encouragement for helping her recover from a career-threatening injury and reignite her action career
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Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh has revealed how a conversation with director Quentin Tarantino helped her overcome a career-threatening injury.

Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, Yeoh recounted how a serious on-set accident during the filming of The Stunt Woman left her with a broken back and contemplating the end of her action career.

“I was in Hong Kong and depressed as I had had a bad accident while filming a stunt,” she said. “I felt hopeless and was re-thinking the whole action thing and thought maybe I should take a step back.”

It was during this time that Tarantino, a long-time admirer of Yeoh’s work, visited her. He spoke passionately about her films, inspiring her to persevere.

“When I met [Tarantino], he was so enthusiastic and said that if you love something you have to find a better way to do it,” Yeoh recalled.

Tarantino’s encouragement proved pivotal, and Yeoh went on to star in numerous successful action films, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy.

Read more: Michelle Yeoh Opens Up About the “Biggest Sadness” of Her Life: Not Having Children

Yeoh also revealed the amusing reason why she never appeared in Tarantino’s Kill Bill franchise.

“I have never worked with him, and when I asked him about Kill Bill and why he hadn’t thought of me, he said, ‘No one would believe Uma Thurman could kick your a–!” she laughed.

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