KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 -- Whether as Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Wai Lin in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, or Evelyn Quan Wang in 2022's Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has spent decades making her mark on the global film industry..

Her latest project, It's My Time, sees her play Zhao Yanhong, a character inspired by real-life Zhejiang retiree Zhao Wenying, who became the fastest person aged over 60 to solve a Magic Cube while blindfolded.

The film also marks Yeoh's return to Chinese-language cinema.

In an earlier statement, the Ipoh-born actress said she was drawn to Zhao Yanhong's optimism and determination to embrace life despite its challenges, qualities that ultimate...