Larry Leong - Zero Gravity (Action Talks #40)

Larry Leong was an early member of the Zero Gravity action team, known for films like the Title Pending and Damn series. He also directed the feature action comedy Yeah, Sure, Okay. You can see his YouTube channel here: @EscoZG Edited by Milan Swagers Action Talks on YouTube: Action Talks on Spotify: Action Talks on iTunes: Telegram: My studio SuperAlloy: Blog: Timestamps: 0:00:34 Introduction 0:03:12 Joining Zero Gravity 0:09:23 Title Pending 1 0:14:53 How did Capoeira help in action scenes? 0:18:08 Tricking in the late 90’s 0:23:01 The Damn Series 0:29:05 Title Pending 2 (2002) 0:33:53 Previz? 0:36:03 Hong Kong action comes to the US 0:55:47 Gauging succes 0:59:46 Moving to LA 1:12:33 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) 1:19:11 Yeah, Sure, Okay (2008) 1:29:39 On depression and COVID 1:41:46 On reading books 1:44:02 Doing social work 1:52:37 Staying in touch with Zero Gravity members 1:55:20 Thoughts on mass media 2:09:15 What would you like to see in the action industry? 2:13:20 What would you tell your younger self?