Awkwafina’s Stunt Double for Marvel’sShang-Chion Her Unusual (and Awesome) Career Path

You in all likelihood do n’t recognize the name Lee Chesley , but if you ’ve seen Marvel ’s most late record - breaking blockbuster , you ’ve dead seen her piece of work . She ’s the stunt double forAwkwafinainShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — and that ’s not the only impressive entry on her resume . io9 got a opportunity to speak with Chesley about her ace nerveless career so far .

Breakdancing is involve ( with some footage to prove her bona fides ! ) , as is an perceivable amount ofMichelle Yeohhero - worship , who Chesley got to share the solidifying with on Shang - Chi . Her other stunt performing artist credit includeJumanji : The Next Level(her first time working with Awkwafina ) , DC’sBirds of Prey , and the approaching Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 . Check out the audience in the TV above , conducted byAiko Tanakafor io9 .

“ I get into being a stuntwoman at a gym that I direct at . Some people that see me training were like , ‘ Oh , do you do stunt ? You should get into it ! You look like you could do it!’—because I would just throw stuff and grub hooey and land , and they ’re like , ‘ Oh , you ’re good at hit the flat coat ! ’ ” Chesley retrieve . Of her matinee idol , Chelsey sound out , “ Michelle Yeohwas such a big influence and intake [ for ] me because there were very few char already that did action , that looked badass , that were n’t , like , just a pretty fount . And on top of that , Asiatic women , ” she says , sum “ the clumsy part of me came out ” when she met Yeoh on the set of Shang - Chi . Even though Chesley bring on the Marvel Studios film herself , she let in , “ I still winnow over it … hard-core , ” observe that she ’s a big anime and comic book nerd .

The process of making Jumanji is when she really realise she ’d found her perfect niche . “ I conceive it was during that pic and then work on fights with the great unwashed that I felt this is what I really care to do . I ’ve always been into martial arts films , I ’ve always been into drift , it really feel like everything that I had done up to this item had facilitated make this job oeuvre for me . ”

If you ’d wish to see more of Chesley ’s study , you cancheck out her Instagram . And keep an eye on io9 for more fun behind - the - vista stunt performer profile .

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