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

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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