CLAD in a Roberto Cavalli green mini dress and matching Christian Louboutin multi-coloured pumps, Ipoh-born international actress Datuk Michelle Yeoh impressed her audience at the recent Press conference by reciting a portion the 1988 political speech by Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi — in fluid Burmese.
“I was doing it every day and night for six months. I slept, ate and breathed the language. I had to know the speech very well so that when the director Luc (Besson) wanted the emotional depth to come from here or there, I would be able to do it without even thinking about it. Everything should come naturally,” said Yeoh who portrayed Suu Kyi in the bio-pic film The Lady which opened in cinemas here yesterday.
Does she speak fluent Burmese now?
“All I can do is give a (scripted) political speech very well. I don’t think I can hold a conversation in the Burmese language though. I am thankful to have had a wonderful Burmese speech teacher,” she explained, adding that Daw Suu — that’s what she calls Suu Kyi (“Daw” is used to denote respect in Myanmar) never looks at her written speech when addressing her people.
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