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The Brothers Sun cast, from left:Justin Chen, Michelle Yeoh and Sam Song Li. |
Even before she won her Best Actress Oscar for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, Michelle Yeoh was a busy actress.
Now it seems that a new project featuring the Malaaysian-born actress is popping out every few months. Since her Academy Award in 2022 she was featured in Netlix's American Born Chinese series and the feature A Haunting in Venice. Her latest project is the Netflix crime drama series The Brothers Sun, which debuted today, Jan. 4.
Created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the series explores “what it means to be a son, what it means to be a brother, and also what it means to try and keep a family together,” said Falchuk.
“We do an extreme version of it because they’re a crime family and there are people shooting at them and trying to kill them. But the conflicts they’re having — the problems they’re having internally, the emotional problems — are very, very universal.”
When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles "Chairleg" Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who's been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now.
Based on the trailers, there will be plenty of action but a side attraction will be the food. You can also expect plenty of mouthwatering food that will leave you hungry — or eager to hop in the kitchen with the Sun family. “You can’t tell an Asian story without food being involved because, especially with family, there’s just no way to separate the two,” said Wu.
“[Eating] really is such an integral part of the family unit that it had to be there, because otherwise it would be not truthful.” Food stylist Melissa McCorley based a good portion of the meals around traditional Chinese dishes, either family style at home or the formal gourmet type meal.
Now it seems that a new project featuring the Malaaysian-born actress is popping out every few months. Since her Academy Award in 2022 she was featured in Netlix's American Born Chinese series and the feature A Haunting in Venice. Her latest project is the Netflix crime drama series The Brothers Sun, which debuted today, Jan. 4.
Created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the series explores “what it means to be a son, what it means to be a brother, and also what it means to try and keep a family together,” said Falchuk.
“We do an extreme version of it because they’re a crime family and there are people shooting at them and trying to kill them. But the conflicts they’re having — the problems they’re having internally, the emotional problems — are very, very universal.”
When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles "Chairleg" Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who's been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now.
But as Taipei's deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles, Bruce and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all.
FYI: The Brothers Sun is available on Netflix. Watch the trailer here or below.
Her new role allowed Yeoh to explore a character in depth. “She seems like an ordinary mom who sends her boy to school and lives a lower middle class life, quiet and loving, until the world comes crashing in on her and she’s met by a son that she has not seen for many years," she told the Toronto Sun.
"It was great to explore the motions that were going through her head: what it means to be a mother and what it means, at different times of your life, to make difficult choices to protect those you love most.”
"It was great to explore the motions that were going through her head: what it means to be a mother and what it means, at different times of your life, to make difficult choices to protect those you love most.”
Based on the trailers, there will be plenty of action but a side attraction will be the food. You can also expect plenty of mouthwatering food that will leave you hungry — or eager to hop in the kitchen with the Sun family. “You can’t tell an Asian story without food being involved because, especially with family, there’s just no way to separate the two,” said Wu.
“[Eating] really is such an integral part of the family unit that it had to be there, because otherwise it would be not truthful.” Food stylist Melissa McCorley based a good portion of the meals around traditional Chinese dishes, either family style at home or the formal gourmet type meal.
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