Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi, said of her meeting with the Burmese pro-democracy leader: 'The first thing we did is hug and I thought: "you are really skinny, man"'Photograph: Vincent Perez /2010 EuropaCorp/Left Bank Pictures/France 2 CinémaYeoh, pictured here with David Thewlis, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi's university academic husbandPhotograph: Magali Bragard/2010 EuropaCorp/Left Bank Pictures/France 2 CinémaYeoh, who met Aung San Suu Kyi after her release from her latest period of house arrest, told the Guardian: 'You feel a real sense of calm when you’re with her. She’s a very striking figure'Photograph: Vincent Perez/2010 EuropaCorp/Left Bank Pictures/France 2 Cinéma
Luc Besson, the film's director, said Aung San Suu Kyi was 'more of a heroine than Joan of Arc', and hoped the film would get her ongoing fight better knownPhotograph: Vincent Perez/2010 EuropaCorp/Left Bank Pictures/France 2 Cinéma
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