For action star Michelle Yeoh, one of Asia’s best known actresses, the chance to play Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi posed perhaps the biggest challenge in her nearly three-decade career, and that is exactly what she wanted.
Taking the lead role in “The Lady”, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, meant the responsibility of playing one of the world’s most revered pro-democracy figures, who is still fighting for reform in her native Myanmar.
But it also meant finding the humanity behind Suu Kyi’s iconic image, and capturing the highs and lows of the love affair that helped sustain her through years of detention.
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