Lawrence Kao recognized an opportunity and jumped right in.
He took part in the Netflix series, “Wu Assassins,” which was released in 2019.
Beginning Feb. 17, Kao’s character from the series, Tommy Wah, got to jump to film with “Fistful of Vengeance.”
The film follows super-powered assassin Kai and friends Lu Xin and Tommy, as they track a killer from San Francisco’s Chinatown to Thailand to avenge the death of a loved one.
But their hunt soon entangles them with old enemies, a mysterious billionaire and an ancient mystical force bent on taking over the world.
“This was an opportunity for Tommy to explore different parts about him,” Kao says. “The physical aspects of Tommy and being able to jump into the action with such heavy hitters Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan and Pearl Thusi, it…
