EL REY

[Drunk Monk]

It was nice to have my talking head bits bookend the series. The showrunner kept saying how much he liked my work and I figured he was just blowing air up my butt, but he chose to showcase me better than I expected. I guess it's good to have an Asian talk about Asian weapons (although I felt out of place with the Mongol ep).

And dayum my voice is husky raspy sexy. Stevie still haunts me.

In answer to cf's questions: 1. Your hand does come in contact with the ray skin that peaks through the silk cord. It's a really good grip surface that provides a lot of purpose. Some later Chinese swords had similar wrappings. 2. No feckin idea. Rebel could handle a yari well enough. I didn't go to Baltimore for them builds so all of that was new to me.

I totally forgot that I filmed the description of the baseball pitching machine. There were so many things we filmed that got cut. It was exhausting and overwhelming.

Needless to say it was an extraordinary experience. Hard work, but I was treated so well and paid handsomely. And of course, I really hope it gets renewed and they keep me on. El Rey has 6 months to decide, according to the contract with Defy. Robert & Rebel seemed to have a good time so I imagine that will play into renewal.

My only disappointment was that my hosting segment for 36 Chambers was never used. That was shot at the very end, and despite my enthusiasm, I was really exhausted and distracted as they were breaking down the set around me, plus I had to make my flight. The director for those segments said to contact him if I'm ever in Hollywood so we might do more. So that door might still be open. Fingers crossed but I already fell so blessed to have been part of this as much as I have. It was a strangely self-actualized moment in my everso weird career.

Thanks for watching!