Crouching Tiger, Hidden Blade Runner
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CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN BLADE RUNNER
Michelle Yeoh has just been cast in Blade Runner 2099.
The series takes place fifty years after Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the Denis Villeneuve-directed follow-up to the Ridley Scott-directed original Blade Runner (1982).
Yeoh will play a replicant at the end of her life.
Replicants are synthetic humans that are the target of permanent retirement, e.g., assassination by a specialized police force or the blade runners.
Yeoh herself felt she was headed for retirement before she took on her Oscar-winning role as a mother turned superhero in the sci-fi Everything Everywhere All At Once.
She explained:
“You know, as you get older, the roles get smaller. It seems like the numbers go up and these things go narrow, and then you start getting relegated to the side more and more.”
The central question of Everything Everywhere All at Once shares DNA with Blade Runner. Facing an extinction event (whether it be death or taxes), how do we find meaning in our own lives?
Yeoh will challenge our perceptions of heroism, humanity, and the eternal quest for self-discovery, ensuring that her portrayal resonates not just with fans of the genre but with anyone captivated by the story of what it means to find yourself amidst certain death.
The role has the potential to establish Yeoh as a landmark force in the science fiction genre.
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