Michelle Yeoh Shares a Surprise Detail Fans Might Not Expect in Wicked: For Good (Exclusive)

Michelle Yeoh is spilling the tea about what to expect from Wicked: For Good, the second installment of Wicked.

Yeoh, who plays Madame Morrible in the films, recently revealed that fans will be getting a melodic surprise in the upcoming Wicked: For Good during an exclusive chat with PEOPLE about her lead voice role in the upcoming English-language version of the Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2.

“I think you’re getting some new songs,” Yeoh, 63, says of Wicked: For Good, before jokingly adding, “I didn’t say that.” 

Devotees of the hit Broadway show’s original soundtrack will be in good hands when it comes to the new songs. Stephen Schwartz, who composed the music and lyrics for the live show, penned the new tracks. 

“I have permission to say there are two new songs in the movie because the storytelling demanded it. One of them happens to be for the character of Elphaba. The other one happens to be for the character of Glinda,” Schwartz exclusively told PEOPLE at the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in June.

Yeoh went on to share that she and her fellow Wicked castmates have remained in touch even though filming has long ended.

“I was just at Hollywood Bowl [for] Cynthia,” she said, referring to castmate Cynthia Erivo’s performance as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.

“I love her. She was so amazing,” Yeoh raved.

In addition to Wicked: For Good, which premieres on Nov. 21, the Oscar winner is also busy promoting Ne Zha II.

Yeoh voices Lady Yin — Ne Zha’s mother — in the English-language version of the Chinese box office phenomenon.

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“I had seen Ne Zha II in Chinese, and even at that time I thought, ‘I hope they do an English version, because you want little kids to be able to see it and understand,’ ” she told  PEOPLE of the film, which tells the story of the rebellious young demigod Ne Zha.

“So when they did come to me and said, ‘Would this interest you?’ I jumped right in,” she said, adding that the film ingeniously preserves traditional Chinese storytelling while also making it accessible to modern audiences.

“The storytelling is so amazing because they have kept intact the classic myth of how it was before, but added that contemporary way of storytelling,” she said. “So that’s the bridge for the generational gap. Like we say, it is timeless, but timely.”

The English-language version Ne Zha II  hits theaters on Aug. 22.