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Cung Le the Former StrikeForce Champion Talks Fighting, Film and Family

By March 15, 2011October 26th, 2014One Comment

Cung Le TKO Frank Shamrock

Terry: You grew up fighting. Is acting something you always wanted to do, or did you fall into it?

Cung: I always wanted to do movies, but when I started fighting it became everything and later I fell back into acting. I have been blessed, and when these opportunities come up I have to take advantage of them.

Terry: Who has been a big role model for you with in the film industry?

Cung: There are a lot of people I look up to. Everyone I have worked with from producers to other actors have become good friends and also, good role models. I always become good friends and these people, who really do want what’s best for you.

Terry:  You’re currently focusing on your acting career. When will your next fight be?

Cung: Nothing has been scheduled yet.  After the second Scott Smith fight I was ready to go again, but Strike Force has a bigger list of fighters now and they have to let the fighters fulfill their obligations. They wanted me to fight recently, but I was away in China. I can only do what I can do.

Terry: You have fought some of the world’s best fighters. Who has been the toughest?

Cung: In MMA, I would have to say Frank Shamrock.

Terry: Being a father of three boys and knowing the dangers of fighting, are you going to allow your sons to fight?

Cung: I’m going to support my boys in whatever they want to do in life.  I will definitely guide them in the martial arts way, so they can be more focused, disciplined and determined as human beings.  I feel martial arts will help them in both their professional careers and private lives.

Terry: Would you say martial arts are more of a mental or physical game?

Cung: It’s a ying and yang of both mental and physical.

 

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 Terry: When you’re away from home and your normal gym routine, what are you doing to stay in shape? Are you able to spar on the road?

Terry: With a lot of the junk food made available on set has it been hard to keep to your diet?

Cung: Yeah, it can be really hard. Sometimes I get so hungry and don’t have much time, so I have to grab what I can.  Whenever I travel though, I always have an extra suitcase filled with healthy snacks, protein power, greens and all my vitamins. I come prepared.

Terry: Do you do all of your own stunts?

Cung: For Dragon Eyes, I did all my own stunts and do most of them for my other movies.  They always have stunt guys on set waiting for me to get tired, but I will tell you … most of the time they’re sitting on their butt, because I don’t get tired. My mentality is go big or go home.

Terry: If you, Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, and Bruce Lee all got into a brawl, who would win?

Cung: Depends on who is directing it.

 

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