I've finally meet Andrew Dasz and his twin brother Steven for a quickie interview on the streets of Tsim Sha Tsiu the other day. These two have such a happy-go-lucky vibe. They both came from Shanghai to Hong Kong to be interviewed by me (with a shonky camera and no interview set).
I met Andrew online while googling action stunts and hong kong. Andrew would repeatedly cropped up, despite not being any Donnie Yen or Jackie Chan, Andrew knew a thing or two about online marketability and getting yourself out there (or my attention).
Andrew's career is emerging ever since he landed in Hong Kong (8 months ago). These two boys did the hard yards of going for endless castings and auditions and their eager attitudes really got their foot in the door and in front of the cameras.
What I love about these two is that do job is too big or small, everything was greeted with enthusiasm and charisma. Despite not being well versed in the language of English, these two b
oys impressed me with their upbeat recollections of working with a range of projects from TVCs to action flicks.
Steven Dasz had an impressive profile of doing a fight scene with Hong Kong well known actor/ mar
tial artist Gordon Liu (adopted brother by the Shaw Brothers, main actor in 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Pai Mei in Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), and as Johnny Mo
in Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003).
Andrew Dasz, on the other hand, also had good range of projects that he has been involved in under his belt, such as Contagion (2011) and he steers the Kung Fu Action Fight Choreography Group in Hong Kong and also Spain.
In Andrew's interview, he points out Jackie Chan's perseverance in the industry and how his attitudes and traits should be applied to castings and auditions for those serious in the business.
I've been very much inspired by these two to settle in Hong Kong in the near future. Its seems like there is so much happening, so much buzzing and Hong Kong is the place to make it happen. Australia, seems so slow in comparison to HK. Less opportunities, less funding, less synergies between people and production companies happening. I can only identify a handful of groups and initiatives (Clearvision Studios, You Cake! Productions, Perth Film Group and others) that are really pushing it to the forefront.
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