Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh says she watched many Indian movies while growing up in a multi-racial society in Malaysia and hopes her new film Wicked clicks well with the audiences here as it is a musical.

Yeoh, who won the best actor Oscar for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once in 2023, reunites with Crazy Rich Asians (2018) director Jon M Chu for the big-screen adaptation of the hit broadway musical, Wicked. She stars as Madame Morrible in the movie, which is her first musical.
“I grew up in Malaysia and we’re a multi-racial society and I have many Indian friends. In fact, I grew up watching a lot of Indian movies. Even when as a young child, I knew how to sing Indian [songs]. I’m familiar with Indian culture and cinema. I have many idols in the [Indian] cinema as well. I think Wicked will go down well with our Indian friends,” said Yeoh.