'Birds of Prey' has superteam behind the scenes: Asian American fight choreographers

"Finally, there was an Asian person out there and popular for everyone to see," said John Koyama, a Japanese American fight choreographer who has worked on such television shows as"Preacher.""That wasn't the norm. It definitely broke down doors."

Valera, who was born and raised in Virginia, gravitated toward martial arts as a kid and traveled the country for tournaments. Along the way, he met some California-based peers, and it was when he was traveling there to train that he became drawn to stunt work. Eusebio has come full circle on his latest movie: His first job choreographing fights was for the WB television series"Birds of Prey," based on the same DC Comics heroes. He did a tour of duty training Matt Damon for a"Bourne" movie and got to choreograph several superhero battles on Marvel's"The Avengers" in 2012. Not bad for a self-proclaimed comics fan.

"I really just want women to kick ass by using their own strength and power, as opposed to a magical superpower," Yan said.

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