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Ming Liu (chinese slayer) - "Ultraviolet" Movie - Spotlight : Martial Artist

Thursday 9 March 2006, by Webmaster

If you’re one of the people who got into “Ultraviolet” last weekend AND you’re a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fan, then you should know that one of Milla Jovovich’s coaches was Ming Liu. In real life, Liu is a seven-time Chinese national champion in “wushu” a martial art that emphasizes speed and force.

She’s also a frequent trainer for Hollywood types who want to learn movement and fighting styles, and she has frequently worked as a stunt double (on “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Scorpion King” and “Kill Bill”) and stunt coordinator (she has a credit for “utility stunts” on “The Shaggy Dog.”

But “Buffy” fans have seen her face ... she was the Chinese slayer who became Spike’s first Slayer victim in the “Buffy/Angel” crossover that established his origin.