Vietnamese star Veronica Ngo, who featured in StarWarsTheLastJedi is leading the way as a new generation of ass-kicking actresses prove a hit at the box office
, the first installment in the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe superhero franchise, which has a host of female characters to choose from. They include Wulan, to be played by Tara Basro in the franchise’s initial offering, and slated later for her own series of films.
This new wave of female Southeast Asian action stars is a revival of traditions that date back to when female heroes were rarely if ever seen in Hollywood. More recently, Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh emerged as the lead in low-budget martial arts films in the 1980s, found international acclaim in the Oscar-winning“In the past we have had seen lots of female heroes on screens in Southeast Asia but usually they don’t come from the same countries we do,” says Indonesia's Munaf. “What is different today is that films such asThe former child star was lured out of semi-retirement by the chance to play a character “in charge of her own destiny.
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