Less than a year after she was previously in town for the 26th edition of SGIFF (where she was bestowed the Cinema Legend Award), the 54-year-old Malaysian-born superstar returned once again to attend this year’s event as the Guest-of-Honour.
Many other actors and filmmakers, including Felicia Chin, Ian Fang, Royston Tan, Lim Yu Beng, Eric Khoo, as well as the cast and directors of festival films Interchange and Walking Street were also in attendance.
After walking the red carpet and posing for frantic photographers at Marina Bay Sands’ MasterCard Theatres, Michelle had a quick – about three minutes, to be exact – doorstop interview with the media, where she remained tight-lipped about recent reports about her involvement in Star Trek: Discovery.
“I cannot confirm (anything about that)!” she exclaimed. “I think CBS (the network for the upcoming TV show) will make their own announcement and we should let them do it. But we all grew up with the Star Trek generation, so of course I’m a big fan.”
Despite Michelle’s reluctance to address the topic, SGIFF Chairman Mike Wiluan let slip that he can’t wait to catch her in the series. Star Trek: Discovery’s consulting producer Nicholas Meyer has also reportedly revealed her casting news, but stopped short of specifying her exact role.