>> NOW IS THE TIME TO ADAPT OR DIE. >> TALK ABOUT A ONE, TWO PUNCH. WARRIOR IS THE NEXT BINGE WORTHY SHOW THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU NEEDED. THE LEGACY OF BRUCE LEE, A 100 PERCENT API CAST. IT BLENDS STORYTELLING SEAMLESSLY AND YOU CAN CLICK YES, WHEN NETFLIX WILL ASK, ARE YOU STILL WATCHING? OLIVIA CHANG AND THE WARRIOR'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF BRUCE LEE ENTERPRISES, SHANNON LEE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME. DIANE, WE WILL START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT HERE. THIS STORY IS AMAZING, COMPELLING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU CAME ON. ONE MY FIRST QUESTIONS, WHY ARE THE ASIANS CALLED ONIONS? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH THIS ONE. I KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I CAN'T TELL YOU. OH NO. >> OLIVIA? >> AS SOON AS I HEARD YOU TOP THAT QUESTION IN, I HAD THAT SAME REACTION. IN CANTONESE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THAT CAME FROM. WE ALSO CALL IT THE DUCKS IN THE POND. THERE IS A STRANGE VERNACULAR THAT IS VERY WARRIOR ASKED. THE ELITE WHITE SOCIETY, THEY ARE THE DUCKS. WHEN OUR CHARACTERS WANT TO GET STICKY, IT IS THEM WANTING -- >> WHEN THEY ARE ITCHY. YOU KNOW. EXACTLY. WE JUST HAVE A WEIRD THROWBACK TO THE 1940s, THE OWN SENSE OF VERNACULAR. >> I WANTED TO ASK YOU, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. YOUR LATE FATHER, BRUCE LEE, THE TREATMENT OF THIS. YOU ARE VERY FOCUSED ON GUARDING THE LEGACY FOR THIS. WITH THE RIGHT PERSON TO PRODUCE THIS. ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE HOW THIS PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE ON THE SCREEN? >> I KNOW THAT MY FATHER IS SO PROUD. HE SAID TO ME WE CAN ONLY DO THIS IN THE WAY THAT IT DESERVES TO BE DONE. WE DID THAT. WE ARE SUCH A TIGHT KNIT FAMILY. IT REALLY SHOWS ON SCREEN. >> YOU ARE ONE OF THE STRONG FEMALE LEADS. FOR OUR VIEWERS, THIS IS SET IN THE 19th CENTURY IN CHINATOWN. WHEN THE UNITED STATES WAS FORMING. HOW COOL WAS IT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ROLE? NOT AS A SUBMISSIVE ASIAN FEMALE. >> IS A VERY MALE-DOMINATED CAST. I JOKED THAT YEAH, THE MEN ARE FIGHTING IN BATTLES BUT IT IS THE WOMEN WHO RUN THE SHOW. WITH PENELOPE BLAKE, WE ARE ALL LEADERS OF OUR OWN COMPANIES OR PENELOPE BLAKE WITH THE STEEL COMPANY. IT HAS BEEN REALLY AMAZING THAT THEY HAVE NOT ONLY LISTENED TO OLIVIA AND I BUT THEY HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE SENSITIVITY BEHIND ASIAN FEMALES AND HOW WE ARE REPRESENTED ON SCREEN. AND HOW WE WANT TO WORK AGAINST THAT. SHANNON TOLD US THAT SHE WILL GO THROUGH EVERY SCRIPT AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROUD THAT REPRESENTS US AS ACTORS AND OUR HISTORIES. >> REFLECTS THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE ASIAN WOMAN AND ASIAN FEMALES DURING THAT TIME. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY IN THE SHOW IS THAT YOU SAY THIS IS NOT CHINA. IT IS CHINATOWN AND OUR BLOOD IS CHEAP HERE, YOU BETTER LEARN TO ADAPT. THAT QUOTE IS UNIVERSAL FOR EVERYONE. NOT JUST FOR THE MAIN CHARACTERS. THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE CHINESE CHEAP LABOR TO BUILD THIS COUNTRY ON THEIR BACKS. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SHOW, IT IS BLATANT AND IT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING TO HEAR THE SLURS. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW THE CHINESE WERE TREATED WHEN THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY, HOW DID YOU FEEL BEING A PART OF THE SHOW THAT LEANS SO MUCH INTO THE ACCURACY OF HISTORY? >> IS AN AMAZING THING. IT IS ENTERTAINED SO ACCURATELY. BRUCE LEE WAS INTERESTED IN THIS TIME PERIOD BECAUSE IT IS BEFORE THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882. HE WAS ENAMORED WITH THIS IDEA THAT IN THIS TIME IN THE WILD WEST OF SAN FRANCISCO, GUNS WOULD NOT BE AS READILY AVAILABLE AND THE HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WOULD BE THE MORE NECESSARY CHOICE OF FIGHTING TECHNIQUE IN THIS TIME. I THINK WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS AS AN ACTOR, HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN ALL KINDS OF COMMUNITIES THAT WERE LAID TO THE UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF WHAT THE AMERICAN DREAM CAN LOOK LIKE FOR IMMIGRANTS COMING TO AMERICA. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM GREEK BACKGROUNDS TELL ME THAT IT REMINDS THEM OF WHAT THEIR ANCESTORS EXPERIENCED. BLACKS, MEXICANS, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, AND TALK ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL THEMES THAT THEY SEE WITHIN WARRIOR. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL TO BE A PART OF. >> SHANNON, LAST QUESTION TO YOU, THE SHOW HAS HAD MULTIPLE SEASONS AND WE ARE AT A TIME WHEN IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE FUTURE FOR WARRIOR TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO PRODUCE MORE SEASONS. TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WARRIOR SEES ANOTHER SEASON? >> YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO TELL OUR STORY. IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH THE SHOW ON NETFLIX, STREAM ALL THREE SEASONS AND GIVE IT THE I LOVE IT THUMBS UP AT THE END. TAG NETFLIX AND TELL THEM
