Andy Cheng 鄭繼宗 on Jackie Chan's Stunt Team and Moving to Hollywood (Action Talks #31) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

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Andy Cheng 鄭繼宗 on Jackie Chan's Stunt Team and Moving to Hollywood (Action Talks #31)

4 hour 1 minutes Posted Oct 19, 2023 at 8:00 pm.

Andy Cheng's First Movie

Andy resigning from TVB and joining Mr. Nice Guy

Andy wished he could've worked with Lau Kar-Leung on stunts

Networking with Cho Wing and getting onto Mr. Nice Guy

How good was kicking in HK back then?

How did Jackie, Yuen Biao and Sammo learn how to kick?

Why Andy chose Taekwondo

HK Film vs TV Movies

Experience with Wong Jing

Takeaways from Dion Lam

Mr. Nice Guy Joining Jackie Chan Stunt Team

Friendly competition between Jackie and Sammo Stunt Teams?

How to learn HK style action filmmaking

How Jackie treated his stunt team\Jackie's style changing in the 90s

Jackie's Non-violent Style of Action in Mr. Nice Guy

Car stunts in Who am I? and Mr Nice Guy

How to gain Jackie's trust

Working on the Who Am I? rooftop fight

What skills did Brad Allen and Paul Andreovski have to get on the JC team?

Staying in touch with Brad Allen

Alternative means to get opportunities in the action business

How did Jackie plan the Who Am I? action scenes?

Issues with Pre-vizzing action without access to location

Jackie's filming style vs Sammo's filming style

The myth of the 'My Stunts' action gym

Stunts vs Insurance

Andy Cheng transition to US filmmaking

Is editing an issue in American fights?

Was there more flexibility on Rush Hour 2?

Working on US Seals 2

Origin of the Hong Kong spin

Andy's action style in Scorpion King

Andy combining both the US and HK action style in The Rundown (2003)

Why does hollywood cut fights short?

Working with The Rock

Similar aspects between Beijing Opera and WWE

The Rundown hill stunt

Involvement with Red Trousers

Andy introducing the US stunt pay system to HK

Being a stuntman vs being a stunt double in HK

Difference between Seung Ba and Ha Ba (high stuntman vs low stuntman)

Doing stunts in US vs. HK TV

Does Andy like the coverage shooting style?

Why do US fight scenes cut to the ultra wide shot?

When did the fights shift to having less wide-coverage?

What was the difference between action in the 80s and late 90s in America?

Was it just prestige of HK or was the US audience particularly ready?

Did Korean and Thai films apply pressure on American film producers?

When did you feel the Second Wave take off?

How did you mix in the indie stunt guys like Joseph Le and Martial Club?

Actors and Stuntmen in USA vs. Stunt-Actors in HK?

Current situation in HK or China for creating action stars?

Andy's thoughts about Mackenyu Arata

What personality do you need to be an action star?

What are you watching lately for action?

Aside from production value, what do you look for when you watch action?

Takeaways from Michael Bay

Jackie's determination

Where do you want to go as a director?

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Andy Cheng (鄭繼宗) is a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and 2nd unit director known for his work with the Jackie Chan Stunt Team on Who Am I?, the Rush Hour series, and many more, as well as films like The Rundown and Shang-Chi. We talk all about the Jackie Chan brand of action and how he transitioned to being one of the biggest action directors in the world. You can see his IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155536/ and his HKMDB here: https://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=50320&display_set=eng

Edited by Patrick Nan

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