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Members of the team often appear as characters and extras in his films, in addition to them doubling for other actors. The team includes Andy Kay, Chung Cheng, Chung-Chi Li , and Bradley James Allan. Hong Kong's cheeky, lovable and best known film star, Jackie Chan endured many years of long, hard work and multiple injuries to establish international success after his start in Hong Kong's manic martial arts cinema industry. In anticipation for Rush Hour, Chan's first major Hollywood crossover, he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the release of Rush Hour.
He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars. In addition, Chan has also been honoured by placing his hand and footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Despite considerable box office success in Asia, Chan's Hollywood films have been criticised with regard to their action choreography. Reviewers of Rush Hour 2, The Tuxedo, and Shanghai Knights noted the toning down of Chan's fighting scenes, citing less intensity compared to his earlier films. The comedic value of his films is questioned; some critics stating that they can be childish at times. Chan was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1989 and the Silver Bauhinia Star in 1999.
1987: Commercial success in the action comedy genre
He is a fan of the Italian duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, from whom he was inspired for his movies. Chan's extra-marital affair with Elaine Ng Yi-Lei produced a daughter by the name of Etta Ng Chok Lam, born on 18 January 1999. Although he reportedly gave Elaine 70,000 HK dollars each month for her living expenses and 600,000 HK dollars when she moved to Shanghai, the transactions were later claimed to be nonexistent by her lawyer. Despite regretting the results of the affair, Chan said he had "only committed a fault that many men in the world commit".
Chan performed "Hard to Say Goodbye" along with Andy Lau, Liu Huan and Wakin Chau, at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. His role models are Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, all of whom were more important to him as a child than any martial arts star, the label he was basically forced into at a very young age. In his action scenes, his punches and kicks actually connect with their targets. He has his actors wear special padding in their feet and body to prevent serious injury.
1998: Acclaimed film sequels and Hollywood breakthrough
In 2008, Chan met actor Vijay and discussed about his stunts in his films putting his life at risk. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino classified Chan's style of acting and filmmaking as physical comedy, and considered him one of the greatest in the genre. British filmmaker Edgar Wright describes Jackie Chan as an "expressive" visual performer with an everyman persona. He notes that, in contrast to other action heroes , Chan presents himself as a loveable "goofball" underdog who overcomes the odds with almost "superhuman" acrobatic stunts and fighting abilities.
He has been the inspiration for manga such as Dragon Ball (including a character with the alias "Jackie Chun"), the character Lei Wulong in Tekken and the fighting-type Pokémon Hitmonchan. Chan has played many roles whose character names have the 'Jackie'. Examples include Auf dem Highway ist wieder die Hölle los , Action Hunter , Mission Adler - Der starke Arm der Götter , Mr. Nice Guy - Erst kämpfen, dann fragen and The Twins Effect .
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Promotional materials for Rumble in the Bronx emphasised that he performed all of the stunts, and one version of the movie poster even diagrammed his many injuries. I said okay, this is the last time.” The first installment in the widely-successful franchise earned $70 million during its first weekend at the box office. Chan intended to quit show business prior to Rush Hour due to the decline of roles peaking his interest. “I tried so many times to go to Hollywood, but after that, I said no more Hollywood because my English is not good, they’re not my culture, they don’t like this kind of action,” Deadline reports. Chan stopped short of naming the director for Rush Hour 4 that he'd be meeting with, an indication that it won't be Brett Ratner. All three prior installments were directed by Ratner, but chances are, he won't be involved with the fourth movie.
During the shooting of Superfighter 2 , Chan broke his contract and joined Golden Harvest, prompting Lo to blackmail Chan with triads, blaming Willie for his star's departure. The dispute was resolved with the help of fellow actor and director Jimmy Wang Yu, allowing Chan to stay with Golden Harvest. He has been cited as the inspiration for manga and anime such as Dragon Ball, which was particularly inspired by Drunken Master, and the fight scenes in Jackie Chan movies; the show pays homage with a character by the alias "Jackie Chun".
“For me, I don’t have a count of what 70 million is," Chan said. "I don’t know the box office. Chan admits that he doesn't analyze numbers when it comes to financials and box office results, but he knew that Rush Hour was a hit when he was called by both Ratner and Tucker, informing him that the film made $70 million in its debut weekend. It went on to gross more than $244 million in its run, all against a budget of less than $40 million. Numbers aside, it was obvious to Chan that the film was a hit, and that was made further evidence by the sequels that followed.
Furthermore, in an advertisement promoting nationalism, he gave a short explanation of the March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. When Hong Kong Disneyland opened in 2005, Chan participated in the opening ceremony. Chan rekindled his Hollywood ambitions in the 1990s, but refused early offers to play villains in Hollywood films to avoid being typecast in future roles. For example, Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix, a criminal in the futuristic film Demolition Man.
In New Police Story, he portrayed a character suffering from alcoholism and mourning his murdered colleagues. To further shed the image of a "nice guy", Chan played an antihero for the first time in Rob-B-Hood starring as Thongs, a burglar with gambling problems. He plays a low-level gangster in 2009's Shinjuku Incident, a serious drama set in Tokyo about unsavory characters.
He also remarked, "I hope all young people will learn a lesson from Jaycee and stay far from the harm of drugs. I say to Jaycee that you have to accept the consequences when you do something wrong. His fans call him and crew often call him "Dai Gor", in English "Big brother". Was in consideration for the part of Clouseau's Chinese assistant, Cato Fong in Der rosarote Panther but the filmmakers decided they didn't want to use a politically incorrect character, and replaced Cato with the Frenchman Ponton. Despite being known for his extraordinary combat skills, Jackie abhors violence in real life and claims to having only been in one fight his entire life and only then because his friends dragged him into it. He was a stunt/fight coordinator for John Woo during his kung-fu phase. Underwent plastic surgery in 1976 to re-shape his eyelids, giving him a more "Western" appearance.
The buzz is quite high as the last part was released way back in 2007 and fans are eager to see the duo back on screen. “Rush Hour” became a major box office hit, grossing $244 million worldwide. The movie’s two sequels were also global commercial successes with “Rush Hour 2” raking in $347.3 million and “Rush Hour 3” taking home $258 million. During his appearance at the film festival, Chan recalled that he thought “Rush Hour” would bomb at the box office and he had planned to leave Hollywood behind. In 2007, He recorded and released "We Are Ready", the official one-year countdown song to the 2008 Summer Olympics which he performed at a ceremony marking the one-year countdown to the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Chan also released one of the two official Olympics albums, Official Album for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Jackie Chan's Version, which featured a number of special guest appearances.
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