Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Skill of Jackie

· While not afraid to do his own stunts, he confesses that, like many, he is afraid of needles and hates taking shots. Unlike injuries that may come from a failed stunt, with a shot he "knows that it's coming."
· Though Chan's willingness to do his own stunts was originally the trademark feature of his movies, he has sustained various injuries over the years which render him incapable of performing certain stunts. He tries to avoid stunts where he may suffer severe head trauma due to a near fatal incident that occurred while shooting Armour of God. He has also broken his left ankle so many times, he can no longer rely on it while pushing for a jump and must use his right foot instead. Over the years, he has been forced to use body doubles on various occasions. He has also broken his fingers, toes, nose and ribs on numerous occasions while filming.
· His final fight with Benny Urquidez in Wheels on Meals is considered to be one of the finest fights of the movie genre.
· He knows Kung Fu, and has trained under GrandMaster Leung Ting in Wing Tsun, as well as numerous other masters in Tong Long (Mantis), Bak Mei (White Eyebrow), as well as the traditional northern Shaolin Kung Fu he learned in opera school. Jackie has also learned numerous other styles of martial arts to help his screen fighting, including Hapkido, Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo and Hei Long (Under Master G.J. Torres). Jackie's personal style is said to be a mixture of Boxing, Wing Chun, Hapkido and Judo. He stated that some of his martial arts training has been attributed to Jin Pal Kim, a Korean hapkido stylist.
· While performing his own stunts, he has broken his nose three times, his ankle, most of the fingers in his hand, both cheekbones and his skull.
· Chan has won several awards including The American Choreography Award, The World Stunt Award and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, along with several awards from Hollywood, Hong Kong, Montreal World and Fant-Asia Film Festivals; but he has never won an Oscar. Currently there is a campaign underway to award him an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Academy Award.



* Was voted 41st in a poll of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars on Channel 4 in the UK.Chan appeared with, and was quickly "killed" by martial arts legend Bruce Lee in 1973's Enter the Dragon in a very short scene where Chan plays one of Kahn's guards.The character Lei Wulong from the Tekken video game series is heavily based on Jackie Chan, due to his looks and similar fighting style.
· A videogame called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster for the Playstation was made, of course with his name. Previously, an NES game called Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu was released.
· A television show, Jackie Chan Adventures, was based on Jackie Chan, his niece, and his uncle, as well as a shopkeeper. Videogames have also been made based on the show.
· He is the central subject of UK band Ash’s song Kung Fu, which is used for the end credits of the UK and US versions of Rumble in the Bronx.
· The Pokémon Hitmonchan is named after him (similar in style to how the Pokémon Hitmonlee is named after Bruce Lee).
· He helped to open Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in 2005.
· Chan had planned to star as Vin Diesel's role in the movie The Pacifier, but due to busy arrangements, did not take the role.
· He was asked to play Wah Sing Ku in the Mel Gibson film Lethal Weapon 4 but turned down the part as he would have to play a criminal, Chan often says he doesn't like to play real criminals as it is bad for his image, although he doesn't mind playing either comical criminals or anti-heroes as in his newest film Rob-B-Hood. The part of Wah Sing Ku was later played by Jet Li.
· Although he did not voice the part, a likeness of him appeared in the Family Guy episode, Breaking Out Is Hard to Do, when Peter Griffin said, "Oh my god, it's Jackie Chan!" three different times to three different asian people in Asiantown.
· He has appeared along side bodybuilder turned actor turned governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger in a government advert to combat piracy, which can be viewed here.In both the anime and manga series of Dragon Ball, a martial artist named Master Roshi disguises himself and uses the alias "Jackie Chun" to take part in a few martial arts tournaments to secretly test out the powers and abilities of Goku, the main character of the series.
· Appeared in 2 Diet Pepsi commercial in 2006.
· In the Internet movie The Ultimate Showdown, a likeness of him fought Shaquille O' Neal, but was defeated by a Care Bear.
· Sung a duet of the Nat King Cole song Unforgettable with Ani DiFranco.
· He has declared that it is almost certain that he will, for the first time, partner another kung fu cinema legend Jet Li in an upcoming film that will start filming in spring 2007. The film has be dubbed The J&J Project.
· His nickname to the people of Hong Kong is Big Brother .
· He holds the record for the most number of takes for a single shot in a film, over 2900. (Dragon Lord for the marathon 20 minute fight that is the grand finale of the film.)
· In an interview unlocked in the videogame Jackie Chan Stunt master (A game where he was motion captured for game animations), Chan stated that he likes to play video games .

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