Action movie queen Michelle Yeoh overshadowed Jackie Chan in Supercop 1992 2
Actress Michelle Yeoh changed her fighting style and succeeded as an action movie queen.
Remember in the 1980s, Michelle Yeoh’s acting career plummeted.
After four years of focusing on taking care of her family, Michelle Yeoh decided to divorce.
To fulfill their roles well, both Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh performed dangerous action sequences with a very high risk of injury during filming.
In Supercop (1992), Kevin (Jackie Chan) teams up with Inspector Jessica Yang (Michelle Yeoh).
The two main characters Jessica and Kevin are attacked at a military camp, they hold up grenades to stop the soldiers from approaching them.
If the previous two `Police Story` movies both had men as the central characters (Jackie Chan), Kevin’s girlfriend – May (Maggie Cheung) was a character that did not leave much of an impression, then the
The pinnacle of the action scenes in Supercop (1992) is the scene where Jessica jumps and clings to the side of a truck to get to Chaibat (Thailand).
Jackie Chan was very determined to have a stunt double for this dangerous scene, but after a conversation with director Stanley Tong, Michelle Yeoh decided she would do it herself.
In an interview with The Guardian, Michelle Yeoh explained that Jackie Chan wanted to limit the stunts she performed: `I told him to rest assured because I could do it without acting.`
After the success of Supercop (1992), another film was made, but Michelle Yeoh was the central character and Jackie Chan only appeared in a cameo role.
Up to now, Supercop (1992) is a major turning point in the career of action movie queen Michelle Yeoh.
