Building Character Inspirations with Michelle Yeoh
Star Trek: The Pod Directive
Star Trek
4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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The wonderful Michelle Yeoh, also known as Captain Philippa Georgiou, talks about her time working on Star Trek: Discovery and her experience with her Star Trek family. She gives us the background on her extensive career from dancing to acting, including how her inspiration for Georgiou came from contemporary dance. She also shares the things she wants to do in her career that she hasn’t done yet! This episode originally aired on April 19, 2021.
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