With The Forbidden Kingdom opening tomorrow, some great stuff is showing up all over the interwebs! Jackie and Jet goofing on each other, Jackie with Yao Ming, throwing the first pitch and a great new interview story, all after the cut!
Jackie and Jet Unleashed!
We all know what Jackie and Jet say about each other but what do they really think? The short clip at the end of the Craig Ferguson appearance has surfaced into a full on mashup trailer! See the two gracious martial arts titans have a go at each other (don’t worry though, they’re only goofing) in this hilarious clip on Yahoo!
More Media!
Two more clips popped up online of interest – not related to the movie but fun to watch anyway…
Jackie at the Dodger game!
Jackie’s Visa commercial with Yao Ming!
When Jackie Met Jet
China Daily’s Liu Wei has written a story about how The Forbidden Kingdom came together, starting with the genesis of an idea between screenwriter John Fusco and Jet Li…
The family-friendly film is a collaboration of scriptwriter John Fusco and Li. Several years ago Li was seeking a story for his daughter, and from a number of candidates sent to him he picked Fusco’s, which was loosely adapted from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. It is a mix of Chinese mythology and tales and features a chaotic scene in which the Monkey King and Shaolin Temple monks fight together. However, Li worried that the story was too much of a spoof for Chinese audience to accept. He suggested changing the storyline into a dream sequence. In dreams, anything can happen.
Minkoff is also quick to assume Chinese cinemagoers that the film in no way cheapens Chinese culture. He was even told by his Chinese wife, a descendant of the saint Confucius, and her parents that they would not tolerate cultural mockery. “They put great pressure on me,” he says jokingly. “I made sure that the characters are true to themselves, and to the core values they were endowed by Chinese culture.”
The story goes into Minkoff’s affinity for martial arts films, which he pays tribute to in the film, some observations about J&J from Yuen Woo-Ping, and, of course, Minkoff’s experience of working with these two megastars…
In Minkoff’s eyes, the two superstars are just like Buddha and his disciple.
“Li was like a disciple of the Buddha, but Chan is the Buddha himself,” he says. “Jet is very serious and religiously dedicated to Buddhism. Jackie is not, he is free, always bringing happiness to people around him.”
The crew took part in a big ceremony for the opening of the film, which was a very traditional Chinese gesture to pay tribute to the Buddha. As Minkoff recalled, Chan was quite lighthearted about it, while Li was serious and dedicated.
The two’s cooperation, says Minkoff, is like the Beatles. Each is good, but when you put them together, it is magic.
Read the whole thing at China Daily: ‘When Jackie Met Jet’
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