Masi Oka: On Designing Effects for the Star Wars Prequels, and the "Hiro's Journey"

You may know today's guest as Hiro from NBC’s HEROES, but Masi Oka also worked at Industrial Light & Magic as a Digital Effects Artist on the Star Wars prequels. We dive deep into his career, both at ILM and about his start in acting. And we focus in on one of his biggest contributions to Attack of the Clones: the effects of the seismic blast on the asteroid belt. What an incredible thrill it is to have been able to interview Mr. Oka, especially because his character of Hiro Nakamura meant so so much to me growing up. And, now that we’ve had both him and Greg Grunberg on the same show, maybe it’s just time for me to just spin off into a TALKING HEROES podcast. Next week is my interview with Disney Imagineering’s Scott Trowbridge, all about the creation of Galaxy’s Edge. Buckle up. It is always so appreciated if you can leave a 5-star review of the show right here on your favorite podcast app or on Podchaser: podchaser.com/TalkingBay94 For more behind-the-scenes stuff, as well as a link to some of our other in-depth interviews, check out: Website: www.TalkingBay94.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/TalkingBay94 Facebook: www.facebook.com/TalkingBay94 Instagram: www.instagram.com/TalkingBay94