{"id":15145,"date":"2013-03-18T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:03:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-03-18T01:03:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:03:45","slug":"Michelle-Yeoh-honored-at-Asian-Film-Awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15145","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Yeoh honored at Asian Film Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michelle Yeoh is happy to be honored with the &#8220;Excellence in Asian Cinema Award&#8221; but says she hopes there&#8217;s no hidden message.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She asked, &#8220;I hope it&#8217;s not their way of telling me that I need to retire?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The star of <strong>&#8220;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon&#8221;<\/strong> and last year&#8217;s Aung San Suu Kyi biopic <strong>&#8220;The Lady&#8221;<\/strong> is being honored at the Asian Film Awards tonight.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BOPhgANP3EA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters a day earlier, <strong>Yeoh said she&#8217;s happy to receive the award where her career started, in Hong Kong.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And while she acknowledged she&#8217;s long heard rumors of a &#8220;Crouching Tiger&#8221; sequel, she says she&#8217;s yet to see a script or other plans on the project.<\/strong> The 2000 original was directed by Ang Lee and won four Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The recent reports have attached kung fu star Donnie Yen to the unconfirmed sequel, and Yeoh said she&#8217;s a fan and would welcome the opportunity to work with him if a project is developed.<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong film festival&#8217;s opener Sunday was &#8220;Ip Man: the Final Fight,&#8221; the latest film about martial arts master Ip Man. 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