I appreciate it! It’s been a crazy journey. And I’m just so happy that you’re taking the time to share that with me. I would say, maybe don’t move too fast! This is a glorious moment for you. But, I think, things are starting to calm down and ready to move on to the next part of the journey. Good, man! Still, you know, winding down from the premiere. Andy Le arrives at Disney’s SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS Premiere held at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, CA on Monday, August 16, 2021. JumpCut Online got to Zoom with Le to talk about how (much like Shang-Chi’s plot!) his past plays a role in his present and future, getting to work with the late Brad Allan and a bevy of experienced action designers, and - most importantly - the sensation of being a Vietnamese in filmdom.
The Paper Tigers actor is also part of the production as a stuntman and a trainer for the lead actor. In the film, which our own’s Nguyen Le called “a blockbuster with grace and values” in his four-star review, Le plays Death Dealer, the masked and lianpu-patterned henchman of the main villain Wenwu (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), trainer of young Shang-Chi (Jayden Zhang, then Arnold Sun), and enemy of grown Shang-Chi (Simu Liu). Want to bet if the name is a reference to the 1981 Shaw Brothers film? That said, tricking is one of martial artist Andy Le’s many skills, going by some of the videos he’s in with his brother Brian and Daniel Mah on the YouTube channel Martial Club. It is not a trick: There is a talent of Vietnamese descent in the cast of Marvel’s latest superhero title, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings.
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