Peter Shinkoda, Steve Nguyen, Garrett Wang, Timothy Tau 1/3 Dragon Con 2013 Panel Part 1 of 3

Описание: Dragon Con 2013 "Asian Americans in Entertainment Panel" Pt 1/3
Sunday, 09/01/13 Atlanta Marriott Marquis Halls A601-A602

Panelists:
Peter Shinkoda (Nobu from Marvel's Daredevil, Dai from TNT's Falling Skies)
Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim from Star Trek: Voyager)
Steve Nguyen (Director/Writer of Hibakusha, Founder of StudioAPA, ChannelAPA)
Timothy Tau (Director/Writer of Keye Luke) (Moderator)

Steve Yeun (Glenn from AMC's The Walking Dead) was originally planning to join us but he couldn't make it.

Thanks to Tom Gardiner and ThreeIfBySpace for filming this segment. More information: http://www.threeifbyspace.net/

The panelists discuss how they got their start in entertainment. Peter Shinkoda mentions how he got started, making a number of drives from Montreal to Los Angeles - there was never a moment in his life where he didn't want to be an actor. Steve Nguyen talks about his early acting roles on The Man Show, selling a screenplay to Touchstone when he was still in high school and being able to learn from the "Master" Justin Lin on an early gig as a script supervisor on the 3rd Fast & Furious film, The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift. Garrett describes how he was originally planning to be a Medical Doctor (the next "Doogie Howser") and a great story about how, after much effort, he eventually persuaded his parents to give him two years to fully pursue acting before getting the role of Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek Voyager a year and a half later. Garrett also talking about Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee's influence. Garrett also mentioning how other "Asian nationals" like Jackie Chan, Jet Li made their way elsewhere and there were really not any other Asian AMERICAN role models he could follow. Garrett also discusses the secret to nailing commercial auditions by not caring and not letting your mind get in the way. Which led to Garrett getting some of the very first national commercials to feature Asian American faces (Burger King, Chase Manhattan Bank, Big Red).