1905 movie network feature Not long ago, he ushered in his 69th birthday. It should be a time for a person to enjoy a quiet life after decades of busy life, but Jackie Chan’s footsteps have not stopped. The ancients said that "life is seventy years old", but Jackie Chan said that "seventy years old is a teenager".
Now, Jackie Chan’s new filmIt is currently being screened, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 100 million. In the film, he starred as a dragon and tiger martial artist, and Jackie Chan played all the action scenes, big and small. He insisted on really fighting and really falling. Even in order not to delay the shooting progress, Jackie Chan postponed the day of knee surgery and closed the group with nine injections.
"No matter how dangerous this is, I don’t care about anything in the filming. As long as I start filming, I am a person who can risk my life." The 69-year-old still uses his body to protect the sincerity of his profession. Jackie Chan has used one work after another to show the efforts and perseverance of filmmakers. From China to the world, Jackie Chan has long been an "idol legend" that never stops.
"Action movies are my life."
"After nearly 60 years of hard work, more than 200 films, and breaking so many bones, I finally won this award," Jackie Chan said in his acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. In simple words, Jackie Chan expressed the blood, sweat and hardships of one move after another in the 60 years of his film career. Looking at Jackie Chan’s acting career, he said that "action movies are my life," despite the scars, but the blood is boiling.
Jackie Chan has been acting since he was 8 years old, and he is a teacher of Peking Opera. In 1971, at the age of 17, Jackie Chan officially entered the film industry as a martial artist, and the martial arts film opened his acting career. In that year, with the film sensation of Hong Kong film industry, action movies also ushered in the era of real kung fu from fist to flesh. With a solid foundation in martial arts, Jackie Chan became a stand-in for Bruce Lee. He participated in acting and suffered a lot.
When Jackie Chan recalled this struggle experience, he talked about filming a scene in which a little underling was beaten. At that time, the director was very demanding and felt that the martial arts were not doing well, so Jackie Chan secretly decided: go for it! As soon as the shooting started, he kicked into the air quickly, and then hit the ground with a "thump". The director thought he did a good job and said, "This is the right thing! Did the machine follow? No? Do it again!" He did this action four times, and when he finished filming, he felt that his foot was about to break.
But it was with this kind of daring to fight and fight that Jackie Chan attracted the attention of idol Bruce Lee and was also appreciated by director Luo Wei. After joining Luo Wei Film and Television Company, he became the male number one.
Jackie Chan’s success is not only made by daring to work hard, but more importantly, he also dares to think and dare to innovate. In the history of kung fu movies, Bruce Lee is in the forefront, and it is not easy to break new ground. Jackie Chan once wrote in a special chapter in his autobiography "I am Jackie Chan", "Don’t be the first, be the only one," and he also told himself "don’t be the second Bruce Lee".
In 1978, he starred in the film, in which he changed the tough guy image of traditional kung fu movies and introduced comedy performances into kung fu movies, creating a precedent for kung fu comedies. Jackie Chan then starred in kung fu movies, and in 1994, he reached a peak, raking in $11.55 million at the box office.
Jackie Chan’s acting career is starting to get on track, but the personality of daring to fight and fight remains unchanged. "Desperate" has become an important label in Jackie Chan’s acting career.In it, he staged a "stunning jump", jumping off a 15-meter-high bell tower with no protection and only two pieces of canvas as a buffer. This jump also created a precedent for Jackie Chan’s film to challenge the high difficulty of life-fighting performances.
At the time of shooting, he was nearly 40 years old when he broke his bones in the morning and started work in the afternoon. He was wearing a plaster cast and jumped from two 30-meter-high buildings.
In the video, Jackie Chan descends directly from the exterior wall of the 21st-floor Rotterdam Tongtai Building without any editing. The entire shot lasts for 40 seconds and is known as one of the most dangerous special effects shots in history.
Jackie Chan jumped from a live chandelier with his bare hands, recalling the experience, which Jackie Chan described as "like going to the death row."
Jackie Chan first jumped from the cliff to the plane, and then jumped from the plane to the hot air balloon, without any protective measures, the risk factor can be imagined.
Jackie Chan tried a high-risk move again at the age of 52, jumping down from the external air conditioner and descending 13 floors to the end.
According to some fan statistics, Jackie Chan’s bones were broken all over his body, and the bridge of his nose was broken four times. In the end, he was "cornered", and it was rumored that the insurance company did not dare to cover it. Even in China, he joked: "I’m not Jackie Chan, I have a hundred lives."
Jackie Chan once shared a story. He once vomited blood while eating breakfast in the cast. Afterwards, he went to the doctor and the doctor told him that his blood vessel had burst. He asked the doctor if he would die, and the doctor said no, so after dinner, he went back to the cast to continue work. Work on the spot when he broke his hand, work in the morning and work in the afternoon when he broke his foot. Jackie Chan described this as his life as an action actor.
After doing so many desperate action scenes, Jackie Chan himself has lingering fears, and he admits that it is not easy to live to this day. The doctor also advised him not to fight anymore, but he refused, "Go on! Fight lightly. It is impossible to rest without shooting, I would rather not shoot."
It is also Jackie Chan’s desperate moments in the film that have made him a legend in the world of film.
Walking "Chinese business card"
Committed to environmental protection and public welfare
Today, Jackie Chan is a household name. At home, he is the elder brother of Jackie Chan who is admired by filmmakers and audiences; overseas, he is Jackie Chan, a kung fu superstar who can climb the eaves and walk the wall. Jackie Chan has long been one of the synonyms of Chinese culture, showing the unique charm of Eastern culture to the outside world.
The Academy Awards for Lifetime Achievement have always been awarded only to epoch-making film masters. So far, only four people in Asia have won them: Japanese directors, Japanese animation masters, Indian directors, and Chinese actor Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan’s fans on the social platform Facebook have reached 72 million, second only to Hollywood movie stars, and his global charm is evident.
What makes Jackie Chan so influential is his work, which has transcended even a single concept of film and become a cultural icon. The director said he started watching Jackie Chan movies at an early age, especially the "Police Story" series. The star talked about being a huge fan of Jackie Chan and watching many of his movies when he was in college. The director shared that he has watched Jackie Chan movies since he was a child, and Chinese children like him watch Jackie Chan movies.
Jackie Chan, who has such great influence, has also been dedicated to promoting Chinese culture. He has expressed his desire to spread Chinese culture more than once, and he has always lived up to this promise.
Jackie Chan’s promotion of Chinese culture and patriotism are undoubtedly hidden in his work. In "Drunken Fist 2" in 1994, Jackie Chan played the national hero Huang Feihong, who fought a life-and-death battle against foreign looters to protect China’s ancient heritage. In the film, Jackie Chan uses the mouth of the last martial man of the Qing Dynasty to explain the importance of national treasures.
In it, he denounced the bandits who plunder the cultural relics of other countries.
At the end of 2012, it was released based on the historical facts of the loss of overseas cultural relics in the Yuanmingyuan. Four months later, the French Pinault family announced that they would donate the bronze rat heads and rabbit heads lost from France in the Yuanmingyuan to China for free.
At the 6th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, the twelve animal heads of the oxen appeared at the closing ceremony to show the glory of national rejuvenation to the people of the whole country. As a world-renowned action filmmaker, Jackie Chan and the Chinese kung fu movies he represents have long been China’s dazzling cultural cards to the world.
In addition, at large and small domestic and foreign occasions, Jackie Chan mostly attends Chinese-style Tang suits to show his Chinese identity. Jackie Chan has revealed why he has a special liking for Tang suits: before he became famous, when Jackie Chan attended banquets, everyone would greet him in Japanese. Later, he wore Tang suits to public events, so that everyone could know that he was Chinese at a glance. As Jackie Chan’s international influence grew, Tang suits were also promoted, and there was a "Tang suit craze" in the United States.
At the Academy Awards ceremony, Jackie Chan, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award, proudly said: "Thank you for making my motherland, I am proud to be Chinese."
Speaking at the 2022 National People’s Congress, Jackie Chan, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said: "When I went abroad to participate in activities, I found that many foreign friends were very interested in Chinese culture and were in awe. They felt that Chinese culture has a long history and is very powerful. Our own young people are also more and more fond of Chinese style. This is a manifestation of our cultural confidence. I believe that with the vigorous development of all aspects of our country, this cultural confidence will become stronger and stronger."
In addition to his acting career, Jackie Chan is also actively involved in environmental protection and public welfare undertakings. In 2018, as the founder of the movie channel "poverty reduction battle – Starlight Action", he led a large number of filmmakers to participate in the "poverty reduction battle", conducting in-depth research in poverty-stricken counties and promoting local high-quality agricultural products.
Jackie Chan has also been concerned about water resources. In the backstage of the 2020 Hainan Island International Film Festival, Jackie Chan was caught cleaning up a mineral water bottle during a break. He was very distressed to see the waste of water resources.
Jackie Chan also spent a lot of time and effort organizing "Jackie Chan International Action Film Week" in the hope of getting more people to pay attention to action movies. He also established a "Chinese Stuntman Working Committee" in the hope of providing basic protection to all ordinary martial arts.
As the director said, "There is only one Jackie Chan in the world, and he is the pride of our Chinese people." Although he has been in the entertainment industry for 60 years, Jackie Chan will always maintain a pure heart, promote Chinese culture and the spirit of the Chinese people, and become not only the pride of the Chinese film industry, but also the legend of the world film industry. In the future, Jackie Chan will also have many new films such as "Legend" ("Myth 2") to meet the audience, which belongs to Jackie Chan’s hot legendary life. To be continued.
