Michelle Yeoh will star in a new action movie!
The 62-year-old actress has signed on for the lead role in The Surgeon. In the film, Michelle will play a “retired surgeon who is abducted and forced to operate on a mystery patient. Though greatly outnumbered, her captors have overlooked her greatest weapon: 35 years of surgical experience.”
The Surgeon will be written and directed by Roshan Sethi. Roshan is a retired radiation oncologist who also co-created the Fox medical drama series The Resident.
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“I’m so excited to bring something brand new and innovative to the action genre based heavily on my medical background. I cannot think of a better partner than Michelle, the iconic queen of action who will be using her skills in a different and surprising way in this film,” he told Variety.
If you didn’t see, earlier this year, Michelle revealed why she wasn’t cast in an iconic Quentin Tarantino movie.
