Derek and Kieran offer a deep bow to the most excellent Roger Yuan.\u00a0 Roger Yuan is a much sought-after talent who has worn many hats over the course of a film career that spans three decades. As an actor, Roger has gone toe-to-toe with Jackie Chan in SHANGHAI NOON, and with Michael Jai White in BLACK DYNAMITE.\u00a0 His first major role was opposite Richard Gere in RED CORNER, and he also played the role of the \u201cMaster Monk\u201d in\u00a0BULLETPROOF MONK, starring Chow Yun Fat.\u00a0 In addition, Roger has made cameos in international blockbusters like\u00a0SKYFALL,\u00a0SYRIANA and BATMAN BEGINS and alongside Keanu Reeves (JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3). Roger Yuan also has global appeal outside of \u201cHollywood\u201d having starred in ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM (with Dustin Nguyen) and CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (with Akshay Kumar), not to mention having also worked with Jet Li, and Sammo Hung in ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA AND AMERICA earlier in his career.\u00a0 With such an acting resume, it\u2019s no surprise that legendary director Yuen Wo Ping personally selected Roger to play the role of \u201cIron Crow\u201d in CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON 2: THE GREEN LEGEND. As a fight choreographer\/action director, Roger has drawn from a lifetime of martial arts training in Chung Kuk Do, Kyokushinkai, Tai Chi, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Muay-Thai Kickboxing, Western Boxing, and Shaolin Chi Gung, as well as yoga and gymnastics while demonstrating an uncommon gift for creating realistic action sequences with flair and grace.\u00a0 Recent credits include the upcoming DUNE (2020), JASON BOURNE, WARCRAFT, EAT LOCAL, and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, as Fight Coordinator,\u00a047 RONIN, SKYFALL, as Fight Trainer\/Choreographer. In recent years, Roger has garnered a reputation due to his unique approach to physical training.\u00a0 This one-of-a-kind philosophy has cast him as a bit of philosophical fitness guru, and has added a new facet to his already busy career.\u00a0 It started when in preparation for THE IMMORTALS, actor Henry Cavill came to Roger for help.\u00a0 Henry wanted to enhance his aesthetic physical look and his martial arts abilities.\u00a0 In short, Henry wanted to be able to move like Roger.\u00a0 So, Roger took Henry on a physical journey that prepared him for his role as the Greek Hero, Theseus, which led to stints training Jason Flemyng and Jennifer Lawrence (X MEN: FIRST CLASS), and Daniel Craig (SKYFALL), and most recently, Travis Fimmel and Paula Patton (WARCRAFT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Derek and Kieran offer a deep bow to the most excellent Roger Yuan.\u00a0 Roger Yuan is a much sought-after talent who has worn many hats over the course of a film career that spans three decades. As an actor, Roger has gone toe-to-toe with Jackie Chan in SHANGHAI NOON, and with Michael Jai White in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1047,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":""},"tags":[],"series":[33],"class_list":["post-1564","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-letchristytakeit-ie"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/letchristytakeit.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Let-Christy-01.webp","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/letchristytakeit.ie\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ie\/podcast\/let-christy-take-it\/id1526568682","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZTY3NmI0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7qK8183AHd34E6TzvsJYYB","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/letchristytakeit.ie\/feed\/podcast\/letchristytakeit-ie","embedCode":"
Episode 47 – Roger Yuan<\/a><\/blockquote>