IAN MARKHAM-SMITH
Film star Michelle Yeoh Choo-kheng has been offered a massive pay rise
for her next movie.
The 34-year-old kung fu femme fatale, currently playing 007 heartthrob
Pierce Brosnan's sidekick in Tomorrow Never Dies, has been offered
US$1 million (HK$7.74 million) by Universal Studios to star opposite
Martin Lawrence in the action comedy Confucius Brown.
The former Miss Malaysia and star of more than a dozen Hong Kong-made
action movies is set to become Hollywood's next sexy female star.
Hollywood will present her at Christmas as the new incarnation of
the Bond woman - not just decorative but dangerous and daring.
Yeoh gained her Hollywood fan club, including top directors Oliver
Stone and Quentin Tarantino, when she appeared with Jackie Chan in
Police Story III: Super Cop.
