Member AlbertV Posted July 31, 2018 Member Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) After blowing possibly everyone away with the "bathroom fight" scene against Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill in Mission: Impossible - Fallout, it is time to give Liang Yang an appreciation thread. Born in China, but based in the UK, Yang is a martial arts expert who has done his share of action as an actor, stuntman, and fight choreographer. I first saw Yang in Underground, the debut film of UK-based filmmaker Chee Keong-Cheung. Yang joined the likes of Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah, Zara Phythian, and Glenn Salvage as one of 12 fighters who compete in a tournament for a $1 million prize. Yang would work as a stuntman on films like Skyfall, X-Men: First Class, Ra.One, and World War Z among others. However, many will also recognize him as the Stormtrooper who sports a shock baton against John Boyega in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He would appear as a Praetorian Guard and serve as assistant fight coordinator for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and trained lead Felicity Jones in martial arts for her role as Jyn Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He would serve as fight coordinator for Pacific Rim: Uprising and of course, getting to throw down with Cruise and Cavill in Fallout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hODJV5YcxhM (YT won't let me embed it) Edited June 30, 2021 by AlbertV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted June 30, 2021 Author Member Share Posted June 30, 2021 Liang Yang's Stormtrooper became a meme 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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