When Danell Leyva trained gymnastics, he needed to devote 100 percent of his time and effort to become a triple Olympic medalist.
“Now that I’m acting, I’m doing the same,” Leyva said recently. “One hundred percent of my time and effort and focus is surrounding acting and the acting world.”
That leaves no time for gymnastics. …
Leyva moved from Miami to California in December, four months after bagging two silver medals in Rio. He signed up for acting classes, filmed two commercials (one already aired), appeared in a Nickelodeon show and was a choreography consultant for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
Biggest of all, Leyva bought and opened a production company with one of his managers.
It’s called “Parallel Entertainment,” an obvious homage to Leyva’s best gymnastics event …
One of the greatest American gymnasts all time. And one of the greatest personalities all time. Danell is unique.
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