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: https://www.youtube.com/@UCJwF-hQCBZVJFIsRrSMHP4w
Edited by Milan Swagers
Action Talks on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKvT1cdaRn78tV4vF78InER7GhxCKaxU5
Action Talks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7D289YtkiQIkSVhNLDX8O2
Action Talks on iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/action-talks-with-eric-jacobus/id1686666319
Telegram: t.me/ericjacobus
My studio SuperAlloy: www.superalloyinteractive.com
Blog: www.ericjacobus.com
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?
