Malaysia’s Datuk Michelle Yeoh is back in her third Hollywood film

Malaysia’s Datuk Michelle Yeoh is back in her third Hollywood film this year.

IT WAS a blazing hot summer’s day in Beverly Hills and I was just about to check in at Four Seasons Hotel with fellow Malaysian journalists. Just as we were wondering whether we’d meet any Hollywood stars, a lilting laugh across the hotel lobby prompted us to turn around and look.

We spied a svelte Asian woman with wonderfully lithe limbs clad in a short, swingy summer dress with a group of Caucasians. While we were admiring her slender thighs, she turned around and what do you know? It was Malaysia’s very own Hollywood star Datuk Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng.

As she disappeared into the next room, I could barely wait for my interview with her the following day. Bright and early next morning at nine, I made my way to the interview room and found that it was still dark. While I put down my stuff to look for the light switch, she practically bounced into the room exclaiming: “Why is it so dark in here?” Then, drawing the curtains to let the natural light into the room, she continued: “There, isn’t that better?”