Jackie Chan keeps an awesome blog of his life on his official site. Several sections deal with his experience making the Forbidden Kingdom, which I’ll be gleaning for a long post in the near future. But in the meantime, InfoMonk put together some information about Jackie’s take on shooting fight scenes with Jet Li.
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JACKIE Chan vs. Jet Li, the kung fu movie fan’s fantasy has become reality.
Chan and Li are currently in China shooting their first movie together, the Hollywood production “The Forbidden Kingdom,” and Chan said in his Chinese-language blog today they recently shot their first on-screen duel.
“I finally ‘fought’ with Jet Li today. We’ve never fought before having known each other for so many years,” Chan said in an entry dated last week.
Chan said the fight scene went smoothly and the two actors finished what was expected to be a daylong shoot in a few hours.
“The short sparring that lasted a few moves went very smoothly. It was like fighting with a brother from the same school of martial arts. We blended easily on every move, be it in terms of timing or rhythm,” he said.
“The feeling was like shooting with Sammo Hung or Yuen Biao. Whether it’s a look, an expression or a turn, we were well coordinated. It feels great,” Chan wrote, referring to two fellow action stars.
He added he and Li also worked well with choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, who designed action sequences for “The Matrix” trilogy.
“We worked together seamlessly,” Chan said.
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They added the white boy, not sure if that is a good thing or not. Hope the movie stay true to the real fans. I watched the trailor and was a little disappointed that they added the white boy to the movie.
If it is anywhere near Hero, it will definitely be an awesome movie.
Thanks for commenting. Jet Li said in an interview that he wanted to bring the story of the Monkey King to the world, and developed the story with the film-makers so that it would be a fantasy that draws from Journey to the West. This is tied into what Jet has said about wanting to start infuse his martial arts movies with a philosophy of peace and enlightenment through kungfu. The American kid is part of making Chinese culture and philosophy more accessible all over the world. So, I see it as a positive thing. And yeah, you’re right, Hero is awesome!
Jackie Chan the funniest fighter.