218: Live Long and Dance

Laiko Foroughi has been stunt-doubling Christina Chong (La'an Noonien-Singh) on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for the run of the show. She joins us on Film Fights with Friends to break down the epic dance-fight scene with Spock in S3 Ep8 (a throwback to the Spock vs Khan fight in Star Trek Into Darkness). Laiko is a career martial artist, stunt performer, and actor who has also appeared in What We Do in the Shadows, Gen V, The Handmaid's Tale, Murderbot, The Boys, Scream VI and many other productions. She is a 5th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and part of the 2017 & 2018 Canadian National Taekwondo Teams. No stranger to dance herself, Laiko has over a decade of competitive dance experience. She trained at CDM (Conservatory of Dance & Music) for 10 years, was a dance Major at Earl Haig Secondary School, and has trained Ballet (RAD Intermediate), Jazz, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Lyrical, Hip Hop, and Musical Theatre. MENTIONS: Laiko IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11346671/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Dance/Fight with Spock: https://youtu.be/otCoTJxQ0NY?si=Km0zlGzE9mtlLbxR Pakleds (scavenger) fight scene with Pike: https://youtu.be/h1hoEoT-Vmg?si=-7yBLU5hn_af6c7b (sorry for the fan voiceover edit) Strange New Worlds S3 stunts BTS video: https://youtu.be/irkyXKTmY8M?si=ZVB6Qg585VqgD2gQ Spock vs Kahn Fight from Star Trek: Into Darkness: https://youtu.be/b690L5LhKSQ?si=h5N_T4b-dzFRN_Ha FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS Do you listen to our show as an audio podcast? Give video a try. Subscribe to our Youtube for the video version with awesome behind the scenes pics and video! https://www.youtube.com/@FilmFightsFriendsPod?sub_confirmation=1 Dig the show? Consider supporting our Patreon. There are some cool perks! http://patreon.com/FilmFightsFriendsPodcast Join our e-mail list! Hit us up here: [email protected] Instagram: http://instagram.com/FilmFightsFriendsPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/FilmFightsFriendsPod Steve’s Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sambosteve Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepfer Paul’s on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/KravMagaChef Paul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Breakfall Studios’ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/breakfallstunts SPONSORS Stunt Contact https://stuntcontact.com/ Stunt Access https://stuntaccess.com/ PRODUCERS Executive Producers: Stephen Koepfer Paul Varacchi Produced by: Press Record Studios -Matthew Kaplowitz -Richard Butler -Andrea Levine http://www.pressrecordstudios.com Video Editor Matthew Kaplowitz Original music by: Ahrue Luster Brought to you by Breakfall Studios ®Film Fights With Friends LLC