If you're playing a cop in a modern film, you don't have to walk with your spine straight up and bow before a fight. There's a lot of free form of expressing yourself as an actor.
Donnie YenThere is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.
Donnie YenFor me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.
Donnie YenI got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.
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