• FDW EP15 Talking with Actor/ Action Director Sunny Pang - Recorded Oct 2021

  • Aug 22 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
  • Podcast

FDW EP15 Talking with Actor/ Action Director Sunny Pang - Recorded Oct 2021

  • Summary

  • FDW is back!!! Huge apologies. But FDW will be back as regular as I can keep this up. A nice slate of new activities planned and new energy an vigour. Let me clear the backlogue first. I was worried that these were recorded some time back that its not relevant coz the subjects have went on to great things BUT I found the conversation still very interesting and even more so with some hindsight. Kindly enjoy Sunny when he just came back from hobnobbing with Forest Whitaker and Tom Hardy on the set of Havoc.

    1. 00:00:00 Just back from shooting in a Gareth Edwards Hollywood movie "Havoc" in UK

    2. 00:00:24 How did Sunny Pang get into the industry in 1993

    3. 00:03:31 1999 Sunny felt that he wanted to act more than doing ONLY stunts but after a lot of rejection, he became a bouncer in clubs.

    4. 00:04:20 Sunny gets casted in 'Perth: The Geylang Massacre"

    5. 00:06:19 Working with Lim Kay Tong in 'Perth'

    6. 00:10:06 How disappointments affect his career

    7. 00:12:47 How Perth was not seen as a commercial success

    8. 00:14:04 Working with James Lee - a prominent Malaysian Director/Producer

    9. 00:14:20 Working with his Sifu ?Aleelb Said - a HK/Indonesian Martial Arts Master Action Director working in Asia.

    10. 00:15:16 Working with James Lee on "Call if you need me" (2009)

    11. 00:17:16 Meeting Timo Tjahjanto the first time for "Night Come for Us"

    12. 00:18:07 Meeting "The Raid" Gareth Evans too.

    13. 00:18:25 Then "Night Come for us" production stalled during prepro training.

    14. 00:18:38 Then he was approached by Timo for "Headshot" since "Night Come for Us" stalled

    15. 00:20:37 Screening of "Headshot" in Toronto International Film Festival

    16. 00:21:50 Sunny recalls the first day of shoot for "Headshot"

    17. 00:24:30 Learning to hustle as an actor

    18. 00:26:52 Importance of being independent in getting jobs

    19. 00:32:44 On Singapore's potential in the international arena

    20. 00:37:13 Shooting for TV in Singapore - everything is too sanitised

    21. 00:41:55 Shooting 'Gareth Evans international action flick "Havoc"

    22. 00:43:52 What Forest Whitaker said to him after a take on 'Havoc'

    23. 00:45:09 Whats next for Sunny Pang (Nov 21)

    24. 00:46:52 Working with different directors

    25. 00:49:47 Working on dramatic scenes requiring more focus for Sunny Pang

    26. 00:51:37 Working with Indonesian Directors like Timo and Gareth

    27. 00:52:42 An actor needs to understand the script well before shooting

    28. 00:53:49 On rehearsals

    29. 00:54:18 Rehearsal Process with Malaysian Director Zahir Omar

    30. 00:55:35 Was there lots of rehearsals for 'Havoc'?

    31. 00:56:59 Next projects (Nov 21)

    32. 01:00:48 His experience working with Anri Okita a Japanese AV star

    33. 01:04:47 His take on crying or emotional scenes

    34. 01:01:08 On acting, no actinga nd over acting

    35. 01:11:19 Sunny Pang on Inspector Han one of his memorable popular roles

    36. 01:12:10 Sunny Pang's management style with Ronin Action Group

    37. 01:15:23 About the 'Macho Man' in asian cinema

    38. 01:22:16 About being open in the industry

    39. 01:26:27 How was Craft Services on 'Havoc'?

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