Silvergun Samurai Picks Leading Lady

Silvergun Samurai has more potential than ever before. Actress and martial artist Julia Ling, A.K.A Buffy the Vampire Slayer's potential with the power has signed on to play the female lead in the Nathyn Brendan Masters HK styled actioner Silvergun Samurai. 

For financial reasons Master¹s original design was to grab a Chicago native to play the role. Masters is quick to point out he¹s been pretty lucky with Chicago talent such as Jon Ross, Jason Walsh and Katie Getty. Not to mention Windy City natives like Valerie Mikita and extreme martial artist Shawn Bernal who have already signed on to the SGS cast.

Many local women were vying for the leading lady spot - as well as women from LA, New York and as far away as Singapore were looking to show off their talents and martial arts skills in the low budget actioner - after reviewing the candidates Masters decided on Julia Ling.

It was a hard choice. We had to think on many different levels in regards to who should play Taki. Says Masters. Right off the bat Julia matched the description. The words insanely cute  easily describe her and she has the necessary skills. To put it simply, shes cute, talented and can do her own fighting. In the age of Jackie Chan and Tony Jaa fans just aren¹t interested in martial arts films with stars who cant hold their own.

Physical appearance and martial arts skill were important but the producers had to also look at experience. In a low budget productions inexperienced performers can really hurt and we¹ve seen this before. Says TimeCode Mechanics media relations director David Michael Chance. Great talent like Chicago actors Michael MacRae and Glenn Dhont; who understand and bring life to a character without needing a director breathing down their neck, are gems you don¹t find often. Julia¹s resume did influence us in regards to her experience, particularly her Buffy credentials considering some of our producers were big fans of the show.

But ultimately Masters says her positive attitude was probably the clincher. It was something she seemed to want more than a lot of the other girls. I liked that because this is something I want to see it happen and I want others who want to see it happen working with me.

Masters plans to film Silvergun Samurai later this year. The low budget urban action flick hopes to bank on effects free martial arts action, slick style, and nostalgic genre based elements plus cameos by extreme martial artist Shawn Bernal and fan favorite Robert D¹zar.