Babes with Blades wants to shape the future of action films

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London-based best friends, stuntwoman Ayesha Hussain and director Jade Ang Jackman, first met via Instagram. Jackman had been a fan of Hussain’s from afar and so slid into her DMs – not to flirt, she clarifies, but because she wanted to make a film about other Asian women in the action genre. “Her answer was ‘sure, come over, and I’ll throw knives at your head,’” remembers Jackman.In the five years since they first met, Hussain has gone on to star in Hollywoodhellip;read more raquo;