What a night for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
So celebrated and rightly so.
It must feel amazing to know
that this film is resonating with audiences all over the world.
It does feel amazing.
How do you feel?
It feels incredible.
You know, our movie came out last March.
Yeah. So it's been an entire year.
And this entire journey has just been amazing.
Really.
What a feeling. Very blessed. Very blessed, yeah.
When you were making it, did you ever expect it to land like this?
Did you expect people to love it so much?
No. For sure, no.
I mean, it was just this little movie that we did in 38 days with a very, you know,
amount of budget.
And we just had so much fun because, you know, we all got together
because we love the script,
we believe in the Daniels’ vision,
and we all wanted to work with Michelle Yeoh.
So all of this, none of us predicted it.
And I think no one would have predicted how emotionally resonant
it was with audiences.
It's one thing to be like, “Oh, so fun.
We get people to go watch the movie.”
It's another thing to be like,
“I now have been able to connect with my mom in a new way, or like not get a divorce.”
And so those are the things
that the things that we feel like we can go to sleep at night
and feel like we did something good in the world.
Oh, my gosh.
Thematically, so rich, the characterisation is so potent.
And you know, a character like Waymond has so many different versions.
Was there a particular version that you liked
the most, that you liked playing the most?
I love all three versions.
I think it just stemmed
from the fact that, you know, I had stepped away for 20 years,
so I was just so hungry, so eager to step in front of the camera again.
And all three different versions mean something to me.
For example, like, CEO Waymond, you know, I-- you know,
I brought those years of working for Wong Kar-wai into this character.
And I just love it.
And I still to this day, I cannot believe Jonathan
and the Daniels gifted me this amazing, amazing role.
That's why I love them so much.
I mean, it's not really a gift because you showed up and then killed it.
You could have been so rusty and showed up and they didn't know what to do.
But you just--
You had your sea legs the whole time.
You were just so good. So you deserve it all.
See, that's why when I got this role, I didn't tell anybody. Right!
Because I was so afraid that I would get fired
the first week into shooting, thinking Jonathan and Daniels think,
“Oh my God, we just make the biggest mistake of our lives.”
We made the best decision of our lives, actually.
I feel like I'm a part of a movement here.
It's very beautiful.
But it’s so nice, I mean you just said it was March last year
that it came out, you know. But to still feel-- I can feel fizzing off
you right now, the enthusiasm for this film. Like, you still clearly love it so much.
What keeps that alive?
I think it's just this family, like you can't-- It's just like any relationship.
Either there's chemistry or there's not. You can't fake it.
And so we all just clicked, you know?
And it's literally everyone.
Michelle, Jamie, Stephanie, Ke, James Hong even, Harry Shum Jr.
Everyone on the movie.
And so that family has just persisted.
We have this text chain where we stay in touch with each other and it's so fun.
And so with every win, every nomination, we're always like rooting for each other.
So it's just this sustained party.
And then I think, you know, first of all, I could not believe
that we’re still talking about this movie a year after release.
And I'm so grateful to the-- to all the fans who supported our movie,
you know, in the movie theatre and continue the conversation.
And it's, you know, it's a real
you know, what a journey we have since. It's so true like, it's the chat.
It is the chat. Like with my mates,
we talk about the film, it's a conversation starter
and I would love to know what else is said on that WhatsApp group, that message
thread between all of the cast. But you don't have to divulge everything.
I feel like everyone on this
carpet is so excited about Michelle and for Michelle especially.
Why is it that you think everyone loves her so much?
I mean, she's Michelle Yeoh.
It's like, why do people love
beautiful mountains and the Queen?
They're like iconic, you know?
And she's so iconic
and she's also so humble and graceful, full of grace. Like she's the best.
I mean, what else can you say? I don’t know.
Beautiful mountains, The Queen,
Michelle Yeah. Exactly. I love that.
I couldn't have said it any better than him, so...
She is a natural wonder, you know. The eighth wonder of the world.
Look, you’re all wonders
because he provided this piece of art that we all love so much.
Congratulations. Good luck for tonight as well for your nomination.
Thank you so much, thank you. Have the best night.
Enjoy. Thank you, Vick.
Great job. Thank you.