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The movie stars Michelle Yeoh as laundromat
owner Evelyn Wang who has trouble connecting with her family and
paying her taxes.
Preoccupied by a visit by her estranged, aging father, things
come to a head during an audit meeting with an IRS agent (Jamie
Lee Curtis) when Evelyn's husband unexpectedly introduces her to
an alternate multiverse. Evelyn and versions of who she might
have become with different life choices are tasked with saving
it from impending doom.
"The multiverse is such a terrible thing to explore in narrative
or in film because the moment you introduce the idea of infinite
possibilities, nothing that happens in this movie matters
anymore," Kwan told Reuters.
"That became an opportunity to kind of explore scary thoughts
and philosophically resonant feelings that, the more we talked
about it, we're like, that's kind of what the 21st century feels
like," added Scheinert.
Collectively known as Daniels, the duo directed music videos and
the 2016 film "Swiss Army Man".
"It takes a lot nowadays to surprise people because we've seen
it all," said Kwan. "Everything's a sequel. Everything's part of
a franchise or a remake. And because of that, we had to
constantly rewrite because we kept searching for things that
really felt fresh."
In a nod to Kwan's roots, the film's dialogue mixes Mandarin,
Cantonese and English. Early versions were written for Hong Kong
superstar Jackie Chan and Yeoh.
"When we realised that Jackie Chan is unbelievably expensive and
famous and busy, we just decided to focus more of our attention
on Michelle's character because we already loved her and her
character. And honestly, the script came alive. So it was for
the best," said Scheinert.
A box office hit in the United States, the movie opens in UK
cinemas on Friday.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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