The race to the Oscars is on, and Everything Everywhere All at Once is leading the field with a staggering 11 nominations across all categories. What is even more impressive for the surprise hit of the year, is that as well as securing nods in the Best Director and Best Picture categories, the film has managed to gain four acting nominations, including two in the same category.
When it comes to the biggest hits of the year, Everything Everywhere All At Once ended 2022 as the 36th highest grossing movie of the year, just under some big franchise movies such as Scream and Halloween Ends. However, while that may not seem like the most impressive statistic, the film was made on a fairly low $25 million budget and became A24’s first movie to pass $100 million at the box office. In addition to this, the film has already received numerous accolades including Golden Globe wins for both Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan. As one of the many experimental movies to become a success for independent studios, the movie and its stars could now crown the achievement by taking home a number of top prizes at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards ceremony.
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As well as gaining nominations for Best Director and Best Picture, Michelle Yeoh has been nominated for Best Actress, and Ke Huy Quan is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category. In addition to this, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu are both up for Best Supporting Actress, but face some tough competition to beat out Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Angela Bassett who is also nominated.
Everything Everywhere All At Once Almost Starred Jackie Chan.
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In one of those moments that can change a movie entirely, Michelle Yeoh’s chance at Oscar glory almost never happened as she was not originally in line for the lead role of Everything Everywhere All at Once. Instead, Jackie Chan was the intended lead for the movie, but as director Dan Kwan revealed previously, Chan was unavailable and that led to a history making change to the movie’s casting. Instead of playing the secondary character of Chan’s wife, Michelle Yeoh found herself being moved into the lead role. Kwan said:
As an absurdist science fiction comedy-drama, Everything Everywhere All at Once doesn’t immediately sound like the stuff of Oscar dreams, but thanks to the stunning performances by its cast, mind-bending special effects and a multiversal story that rivals anything done so far on the big screen, that is on the cards for the film’s stars and director. Exactly how many awards the movie will end up walking away with is unclear, but there will be many ready to celebrate an underdog achievement that could only happen in Hollywood whatever happens.
“You never know with the alchemy of storytelling how things will fall. Swapping the characters made it more personal, which gave us a wealth of experience to imbue into the story. Suddenly it became a lot easier to write and imagine.”
