Original Airdate: March 1, 2022. TSC News TV host Fred Richani interviews legendary actor, producer, martial artist, and Film One Media founder Jalal Merhi! We chat with Jalal about breaking into acting, martial arts, founding Film One Inc., overcoming Hollywood stereotypes, entrepreneurship, inspiring others, being ahead of his time, and the highly-anticipated "The Circuit TV" series!

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00:00 Jalal Merhi on Tiger Claws remastered trilogy

01:05 Jalal Merhi on The Circuit TV series, movies

01:39 Jalal Merhi on streaming services, rebooting Film One projects

03:28 Jalal Merhi on Billy Blanks

03:57 Jalal Merhi on Canadian TV

05:11 Jalal Merhi on evolution of special effects

05:38 Jalal Merhi's positive outlook

06:55 Jalal Merhi on Film One Media YouTube channel

08:18 Jalal Merhi on martial arts, film career, professor

10:01 Jalal Merhi on discovering martial arts

13:21 Jalal Merhi on pursuing wrestling or MMA / UFC in 1990s

15:20 Jalal Merhi on founding Film One, selling jewelry business

21:43 Jalal Merhi on rookie mistakes

23:57 Jalal Merhi on protecting actors

26:05 Jalal Merhi on family, work life balance

28:25 Jalal Merhi on film business, safety

31:16 Jalal Merhi on Blockbuster's demise

32:42 Jalal Merhi on licensing, owning IP

33:23 Jalal Merhi's most awkward moment, favorite snack

36:11 Jalal Merhi's favorite spots in Lebanon

37:22 Jalal Merhi on WCW's Sonny Onoo, memories

40:12 Jalal Merhi on jewelry business, son JJ

41:13 Jalal Merhi on wife, picking the right partner

41:44 Jalal Merhi on running The 755 restaurant

42:52 Jalal Merhi's advice for success

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About Jalal Merhi: Jalal Merhi is recognized worldwide as a premiere action-film producer / director after successfully delivering over 20 films worldwide within a decade, and numerous short film projects. Born in Brazil from to Lebanese parents, Jalal emigrated to Canada to study and eventually built an extension of his family jewelry business, keeping his sport of competitive martial arts on the side, also keeping his eye on his true love: filmmaking. He sold his share in a building in downtown Toronto and his jewelry business and, with some additional investment from his diamond dealers, created the film production company Film One. #jalalmerhi #filmone #tscnews