'This is what we call diversity': Michelle Yeoh on being cast as Madame Morrible in Wicked

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Michelle Yeoh says her casting as Madame Morrible in Wicked is 'what we call diversity'. The 60-year-old Malaysian actress admits it was a 'shock' to be chosen for the role in the two-part movie adaptation of the hit musical, because it would have been given to a 'Caucasian lady' in the past. In a cover interview for the March issue...

Michelle Yeoh says her casting as Madame Morrible in Wicked is "what we call diversity".

In a cover interview for the March issue of People magazine, she said: "In the past, this role would've been for a Caucasian lady.

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