KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 35: Matthew Polly

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 35: Matthew Polly

“He walks on screen with an attitude, chest back, and that’s who he was in person, but on screen, he presented the Chinese male in a different way.”

When Bruce Lee died 45 years ago at the age of 32, his death was shrouded in mystery. To this day, theories still abound as to the circumstances surrounding his passing and the events leading up to it. Writer Matthew Polly has his own theories, along with many other revelations about Lee’s short but incredible life which he has published in a new biography, called Bruce Lee: A Life, which is available now …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 34: Sophia Crawford

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 34: Sophia Crawford

“I was this ragamuffin tomboyish girl who had a lot of spirit… I had a desire to do something and have a skill, but I didn’t know what that skill was going to be yet.”

Buffy’s stunt double and former Power Ranger, Sophia Crawford, earned her spurs as a stunt performer working in Hong Kong’s raw and relentless action movie industry in the early 1990s. She found herself part of an era of exceptional, female-fronted martial arts films, working with the likes of Moon Lee, Sibelle Hui and Yukari Oshima, performing all of her own stunts in conditions that were sometimes …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 33: Jean-Paul Ly

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 33: Jean-Paul Ly

“People only see the success… but you need to be really strong, because there is a lot of ups and downs.”

When Jean-Paul Ly moved from Cambodia to London to make it in the movie business, he predicted that within three years, he would be the lead in a martial arts action film. It only took two and a half years until he completed work on Jailbreak (out now on Netflix) – Cambodia’s first martial arts film and a runaway international success. Despite being made on a shoestring budget and facing a number of on-set challenges, Jean-Paul Ly’s hard work as …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 32: Jesse V. Johnson

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 32: Jesse V. Johnson

“If we relax and make a crappy movie, it’s going to go away and we might not get a second shot at it.”

Having now worked with UK martial arts star Scott Adkins a total of six times – including on the films Savage Dog, Accident Man, The Debt Collector, and the soon to be released martial arts movie event of the year, Triple Threat, which also stars Iko Uwais, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen and Michael Bisping – the writer, director and former stunt performer Jesse V. Johnson is right to feel proud of what they have accomplished …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 31: Bryan Larkin / Ross Boyask, John Adams

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 31: Bryan Larkin / Ross Boyask, John Adams

“There is an audience that you can identify to market to if you have a well-made action film, and actually you can’t say that about a well-made drama… with action, generally speaking, most territories buy it and it’s an evergreen product.” John Adams

Today is an I Am Vengeance movie special. WWE star Stu Bennett (aka Wade Barrett) and martial arts movie legend Gary Daniels star in I Am Vengeance (aka Vengeance), which is out now in theatres and on digital download in the US. The film tells the story of ex-serviceman turned mercenary, John Gold, and his quest for revenge following …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 30: Bob Wall / Timon Singh

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 30: Bob Wall / Timon Singh

“I have a long history of having my ass kicked. Nobody gets great if they don’t get their ass kicked.” Bob Wall

Although Bob Wall had no desire to become a film star, he somehow ended up appearing in some of the highest grossing martial arts films of all time. As Chuck Norris’ business partner and Bruce Lee’s training buddy and friend for over a decade, Bob – a world professional karate champion – found himself cast as one of the baddies in Lee’s 1972 film, The Way of the Dragon. Bob provided a similar foil to Lee’s on-screen attacks the …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 29: Joey Ansah

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 29: Joey Ansah

“Some games hook into you, and they’ve got you – and Street Fighter hooked into me.”

UK actor and filmmaker Joey Ansah’s imagination was sparked at an early age through the power of the classic Hong Kong action movie, Dragons Forever, and the Street Fighter video game. The son of a famous Ghanaian fashion designer father and a UK mother, Joey grew up immersed in both British and African culture. His passion was, and still is, the martial arts, becoming a famous online ‘tricker’ and skilled in Capoeira, Taekwondo, Ninjitsu and many other styles. Working as a fight choreographer, extra, stuntman …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 28: Alain Moussi / Dimitri Logothetis

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 28: Alain Moussi / Dimitri Logothetis

“I get nervous all the time. But, for me, I have always channelled nerves into excitement, and then into performance.” Alain Moussi

Alain Moussi has enjoyed a rapid rise, from stuntman to starring roles to leading his own martial arts movie franchise. As Kurt Sloane, he is the poster-boy at the heart of the rebooted Kickboxer franchise – a role made famous by his boyhood hero, Jean-Claude Van Damme – which was launched in 2016 with the film Kickboxer: Vengeance. The second instalment, Kickboxer: Retaliation, received rave reviews upon its release in 2018, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it “stylish and …

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 27: Amy Johnston / Scott Adkins

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KFMG Podcast S03 Episode 27: Amy Johnston / Scott Adkins

“I grew up watching Michelle Yeoh and she started it all for me.” Amy Johnston

To celebrate the UK DVD and digital download release of Accident Man – a British action comedy based on a comic-strip by the creator of Judge Dredd – we have two of the world’s biggest martial arts movie stars on the show. Listen to my in-depth conversation with one of the most popular female action stars on the planet right now, Amy Johnston, who has gone from being Scarlett Johannsson’s stunt double to leading her own fight flicks with top performances in movies like Lady Bloodfight and …

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Profile: Cung Le

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Profile: Cung Le

Date of birth: 25 May, 1972 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

Full name: Anh Cung Le

Style: Sanda, kickboxing, taekwondo, Sambo, Vovinam, MMA, wrestling.

Occupation: MMA fighter, actor.

Biography: Cung Le was born in Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City). Three days before the Fall of Saigon in 1975, his mother managed to escape with the family via helicopter. After spending a few months in a refugee camp in the Philippines, the Le family were sent to San Jose, California.

As a reaction to being bullied, Le became involved in the martial arts. His mother enrolled him in taekwondo at the age of 10. He …

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