Guests
Leilani Shiu
Actor
Leilani Shiu is a Chinese SAG actress, born in Vancouver B.C., Canada and is a little person. Leilani has appeared in 3 major award winning Star Wars / Disney+ productions including, The Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett, where she is the first on screen credited principal Jawa as “JAWA”. She has most recently appeared on the #1 hit Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi as a Jawa named “Teeka”, the first Jawa given a name, that speaks in a Star Wars production.
Featured Major Credits :
ObiWan Kenobi
-Teeka the Jawa (Principal Cast)
The Mandalorian Season 1,2,&3
-Jawa ( Cast)
The Book of Boba Fett
-Jawa ( Cast)
Rebel Moon
-Daggus miner and shadow
Catatonic Video game by FredDaDead
-Katrina the cat ( lead voice character)
Rory Ross
Actor
is an actor, model, and philanthropist living in the heart of LA.
Originally starting his career in Seattle, Washington, Rory starred in the feature film ‘7 Witches’ and numerous other projects.
After moving to LA in 2016, Rory landed the famous role of Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK Declassified. Rory was also heavily featured in Linkin Park’s music video “Heavy”. He is most known for his portrayal of Chris McCandless in the TV series ‘Off the Map’.
He is currently studying at Berg Studios and is a part of SAG-AFTRA’s Conservatory where he gets to learn from the stellar staff at AFI, giving him a chance to help those that are just starting their film careers. In addition, he has studied improv at Groundlings and has taken classes at UCB making him quite adept at thinking on his feet and utilizing his natural comedic side.
In his spare time, Rory enjoys traveling the world and has even been to 5 of the 7 continents. He also has a love for tech and is always trying to push the boundaries of his talents through VR & MoCap. Rory is a strong believer in giving back to his community through different charities, one in particular called Charity Water. Rory is looking forward to sharing more stories of the human experience on the big screen!
Stephen Costantino
Actor / Musician
A native of Hoboken, New Jersey, Stephen developed a passion for music at a young age, when he drew notice for playing guitar, singing & songwriting. It’s a pattern that has continued to this day.
Soon after moving to California in 1978, Stephen began studying martial arts in Los Angeles with Hugh Van Patten who introduced him to another young musician in one of his classes, Corey Dee Williams, son of the actor and painter Billy Dee Williams. They hit it off immediately and started a band they called Incognito.
Later it would reincarnate as Atmosphere. When Billy Dee was readying his character Lando Calrissian for movie “Return of the Jedi,” he asked Corey to be his stand-in when the film company went on location in Yuma, AZ.
Stephen was invited to come along so that he and Corey could continue to play and write music. Before long, Stephen was recruited for a part in the film; he was to portray a Gamorrean Guard in service to Jabba the Hut fighting Luke Skywalker in defense of his despicable master and the rest is history.
https://stephencostantino.org/
Juda Escalante
Specialty Costume / Painter
Juda has been working with costumes for over 20 years. After working on walk around character costumes, Juda moved into the prop industry, as a local 44 IATSE member, working on major film and television productions as a painter of weapons, vehicles and anything that is not a part of a costume. Working on such shows as The Mandalorian Season 1&2, Book of Boba Fett, Obi Wan Kenobi, Wakanda Forever, Thor Love and Thunder, Spiderman no way home, Suicide Squad, Picard Season 1&2, Dune, Orville Season 3, She-Hulk, Falcon & Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, Loki, Knives out The Glass Onion, Watchmen HBO, Westworld Season 2&3.
Now Juda is back in the costume industry, a Local 705 IATSE member as a Specialty Costume Manufacturer. Building and creating everything that involves molding, casting, sculpting, leather, painting etc. Anything that involves hard goods for a costume. Juda is a painter of any kind of surface and many different variations of paints, from polyurethane, acrylics to automotive. He has worked on The Mandalorian Season 3 and Ahsoka in the costume department. Painting has been a passion for Juda since a young teenage boy, and now getting to paint on some of the shows we all love, and millions of people get to watch, it has been an amazing journey for him as a painter.
Lauren Mary Kim
Stuntwoman / Actor
Lauren is best known for her Motion-Capture performance as Ahsoka Tano in the Clone Wars, doubling Emily Swallow as The Armorer in Season 1 of The Mandalorian, and performing the stuntwork for Mercedes Varnado as Koska Reeves in The Mandalorian Season 2 and 3. Lauren also did the stuntwork for Fennec Shand and Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth in Season 2 of The Mandalorian. She also doubles Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, and doubles Elodie Yung as Elektra on Marvel’s Daredevil and The Defenders.
Daniel Romero
Actor / Martial Artist
Specializing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a digital artist and animator. Born and raised in Sylmar, California, he has trained and taught students from the ages of four to twelve, all the way up to adults who were looking to better themselves. Over time, he had earned his way to a brown belt, just shy of a few years of receiving his black belt. Daniel has been fortunate enough to have appeared in shows across different networks since 2016. A few recognizable shows such as The Rookie – Brooklyn Nine Nine – Seal Team – For All Mankind, but most notable on The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian.
Michelle Charlene Lee
Stuntwoman / Actor
Michelle Lee doubled Rosario Dawson as ‘Ahsoka Tano’ in the Disney+ Star Wars series: Ahsoka performing stunts and fight sequences. Michelle also played The Armorer in the Disney+ series ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ when she trains The Mandalorian how to wield the Darksaber. Michelle also did some stunts for Bo-Katan Kryze in Season 3 of The Mandalorian. Michelle also performed stunts in the Marvel Universe doubling Gemma Chan as ‘Minn-Erva’ in Captain Marvel. Her acting roles include ‘Violet’ in Blood & Treasure Season 2, ‘Oksana’ in Black Widow, Marvel’s Venom, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and ‘Mileena’ in Mortal Kombat Legacy. She performed motion-capture for blockbuster video games such as ‘MJ’ for Sony’s Spiderman 4, ‘Ada Wong’ for Capcom’s Resident Evil 6, and the widely popular ‘Ellie’ for The Last of Us 2.
Dmitriy Karas
Stunts / Actor
is a Ukrainian stuntman, actor, and creature performer, best known for his work throughout Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He’s a staple of the Star Wars series, portraying many different characters, including the infamous Stormtrooper that shot Grogu. From Night Troopers and Stormtroopers following orders, to aliens like the Tusken Raiders, Mimbans, and Trandoshans, among many others, fighting their way through life in a galaxy far, far away. Currently, Dmitriy continues to train and hone his skills. He strives to become a better performer, while forging his own path in the industry.
Ardeshir Radpour
Actor/Stunts
Ardeshir Radpour is an actor, stuntman, and performance artist who has appeared across multiple live-action Star Wars series on Disney+. In The Book of Boba Fett, Radpour portrayed two separate Klatooinian characters, one being a crime boss of Mos Espa and the other being Kaba Baiz, a bounty hunted by Din Djarin in the show’s fifth episode. He later appeared in several episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, including the third, in which he portrays a stormtrooper at an Imperial checkpoint on Mapuzo. Ardeshir has performed stunt work on many films and television programs such as Batman VS. Superman, Avatar, NCIS Hawai’i, Fear The Walking Dead, Seal Team, Westworld, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marcus Napuri
Specialty Costume Manufacturer
Marcus Napuri is a Specialty Costume Manufacturer in the Local 705 Costumer’s union. He is a Master sculptor, mold maker, and fabricator. Marcus has been working in the industry for 3 years and is best known for his part in the creation of Captian Enoch’s helmet, Sabine Wren’s helmet/armor, and the Armors jetpack for Ashoka Season 1 and The Mandalorian Season 3 under the direction of the late great Costume Designer, Shawna Trpcic. Before his work in the industry, Marcus spent 14 years honing his craft as NME Props creating custom-designed mandalorian helmets for Star Wars fans and cosplayers around the world.
Jose C
YouTuber / Content Creator
Joey hosts “The Padawan Collector” and “Star Wars Rewind” YouTube Channels where he talks about vintage toys and vintage Star Wars. The focus of his channel is to talk nostalgia with fans who lived in that era, but mainly it’s to educate new fans who don’t know the rich history of the toys and the movies.
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