01 Jackie Chan: I'm getting old before I grow up
In 1971, a "Big Brother Tangshan" turned out to announce the birth of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies.
The brave and invincible Bruce Lee has become a superstar in the world.
In 1973, Jackie Chan played a role in the movie "Dragon Fighting Tiger" starring Bruce Lee.
Since then, Jackie Chan's acting career has been on a steady rise. After
became a stuntman, Jackie Chan played several masterpieces and became a rich man in his early twenties. Jackie Chan, who made a lot of money, spent his money on gambling and recruiting prostitutes.
Jackie Chan once wrote in his autobiography "Jackie Chan: I'm Old Before I Grow Up" that
stuntmen know that once something goes wrong, they may not see the sun tomorrow.
So they all have a mindset of having fun in time and spend money unscrupulously.
Briefly talk about this book. The whole book of
was written since Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong. Looking back at his more than 60 years of ups and downs in life,
contains multiple chapters such as "Fate Fight", "Goodbye, Teresa Teng", "Underworld", "Get on with Sons", "Love and Hate Hollywood".
For example, after becoming famous, he once took half a million US dollars in cash to enter a famous watch shop, bought the 7 most expensive watches with the most diamonds, and changed one strap a day.
He always drunk driving, "bumping a Porsche in the morning, and a Mercedes-Benz in the evening". When a reporter takes a photo, he threatens to "take a picture and punch."
Jackie Chan also revealed that he once raised his son Jaycee Chan when he was only two years old and then fell heavily. When
recalled these things in his autobiography, Jackie Chan expressed regret and bluntly called himself a "jerk."
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Jackie Chan said in his autobiography:
"Bruce Lee left when he was very young, so he became a legend. If I jumped into the volcano when I was shooting "Zodiac", it would be A beautiful exit. Fans all over the world will cry for me, they will talk about how I sacrificed myself for the film industry. This ending would be perfect, but there is one problem: I don’t want to die yet. I don’t want to retire. Before
, I saw a sentence on Zhihu: “It’s a miracle that he can live so hard and live to this day. "
He really fought so hard to get everything he has now.
02 Jackie Chan began to "famous"
In 1978, Jackie Chan, who was worrying about his transformation, met his lifelong life Yuan Heping.
Yuan Heping, known as the "Eight Master" , The leading martial arts instructor of the year.
"Eight Masters" tailor-made "Snake Shaped Hand" and "Drunken Boxing" for Jackie Chan.
Eight Masters spent a month and summarized eight formulas from various classic stories. , Including
"Lv Dongbin: Drunk Lifting Pot is Powerful", "Tieguai Li: Choosing a Knee and Getting Drunk is Real", "Han Zhongli: Drunk Step, Hug Cheng Dou Xinding", etc.
was interpreted by Jackie Chan and became A classic scene in the history of kung fu movies.
beats, but can't run, coupled with exaggerated expressions, funny plots, and mean acting skills.
kung fu movies and comedies are perfectly integrated, and the word "Jackie Chan" has become a household name. .
If you have watched "Snake-Shaped Hand", you will find that Jackie Chan was still a single eyelid. Why did "Drunken Master" become a "double eyelid"?
This should be listed from the history of Jackie Chan’s injury. "Fist" the corner of the eye was kicked. "Speaking...
When Jackie Chan was filming, Huang Zhengli, known as the "King of Leg Skills," kicked the area above the eye and below the eyebrows. The blood flow of
on the spot, the diagnosis result It was a crack in the corner of the eye.
, but Jackie Chan, who was always afraid of injections, refused to stitch the needle. In the end, he could only stick the wound with medical tape. After
was torn off, the wound turned into a "double eyelid". The eyes are also "open."
So "Drunken Fist" is not only Jackie Chan's famous work, but also a "plastic surgery".
03 The transition period
may be the dream of every actor, and Jackie Chan is certainly no exception.
After Jackie Chan broke the Hong Kong movie box office record by relying on "Junior Brother" in Hong Kong, he actually had many thoughts about the development of Hollywood in the past.
It's a pity that the two films filmed in Hollywood style not only have the worst reputation, but also the box office. Jackie Chan had no choice but to return to Chinese action movies.
relied on his own witty and humorous style to fight hard bridges and hard horses, and made a series of popular and popular films.
However, with the growth of age and fame, Jackie Chan must also start his personal "image transformation", from a junior to a hero.
Such as "Plan A", such as the brave and decent pioneer policeman in "Police Story", Chen Jiaju.
Another example is Aaron, the lawyer who defends justice in The Flying Dragon.
Among them, "Police Story" is Hong Kong's first kung fu film for police and robbers.
box office reached 26.62 million Hong Kong dollars that year, ranking third in Hong Kong's annual box office.
and this movie is also regarded as Jackie Chan's transformation.
From kung fu comedy to action comedy, funny comedy becomes the embellishment and thrilling action becomes the focus. In the
movie, leaning on a pillar to cross the light bulb, the mall jumps; the scary bridge with umbrellas and buses, etc., have become a scene that Hong Kong film fans talk about. The final "Police Story" of
also became the best film of the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards, and
also officially opened the curtain on Jackie Chan's glory in the 1980s.
04 broke into Hollywood
until 1995, Jackie Chan and Golden Harvest Pictures jointly filmed the movie "Red Zone" at a cost of over 100 million yuan.
Twenty-four years ago, in 1995, the Hong Kong film "Red Fan District" opened the era of Chinese New Year festivals. The
film not only received a enthusiastic response in my country, but also achieved a box office record of US$32.39 million in North America.
starred Jackie Chan, and therefore officially entered the Hollywood market. Jackie Chan, outside of
movies, has gradually become a recognized big brother,
, and has successfully stepped into the Hollywood system.
"The Rush Hour" trilogy, two "Shanghai Noon", "Tuxedo", "Around the World in 80 Days", and "The Agents Next Door" in a total of 8 parts. The cumulative box office of
is approximately US$724 million.
China-US co-productions "King of Kung Fu", "Kung Fu Dream", and "British Showdown". The cumulative box office of
is approximately US$270 million.
So far, Jackie Chan's 4 western movies are still the top 4 best-selling Hollywood action movies. The order of
is "Rush Hour 2", "Kung Fu Dream", "Rush Hour" and "Rush Hour 3". The box office performance and appeal of
have clearly distinguished Chinese actors in the North American market as "Jackie Chan" and "others".
Since then, Jackie Chan has fans all over the world.
Until 2017, Jackie Chan won the 89th Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award and became the first person in Chinese history.
It's a pity that in the past few years since Jackie Chan has returned to the Chinese market, the works he has handed over seem to be nothing good.
went from "Zodiac" with a score of 6.6 in 2012 to "Detective Pu Songling" and "Mystery of the Dragon Card" with 4.1 points in 2019. Except for the 7-point "British Showdown", the scores are becoming more and more unbelievable.
Even though the 4.9 points of "Kung Fu Yoga" in 2017 made a lot of money, many people did not care about this rotten movie.
was just curious about the little fresh meat that "looks at you" in the mouth of the big brother.
05 Jackie Chan, has he been upset?
Some people will say, Jackie Chan is too angry?
My evaluation of Jackie Chan is divided into two.
In terms of career, he is really hard enough, dedicated enough, and righteous enough.
He really fought hard to get everything now.
Cai Kangyong interviewed him on a certain show, but simply asked him a question: "Are you tired from making movies?" As a result, this sentence seemed to touch Jackie Chan's heart and made him cry for ten whole times during the show. In five minutes, Cai Kangyong was at a loss.
There are many people who like Jackie Chan, but everyone likes them for different reasons.
He works very hard and works very hard in filming, almost without a substitute. When
was filming, there were broken arms and legs, dislocation of bones, and large and small abrasions. Various accidents occurred one after another.
But he is in his 60s and may continue to shoot.
becauseFor him, being an actor seems to have become a mission. Decades of subtle influence of
have already made him the most representative figure in China. When
sees Chinese reporters wearing foreign brands, he will be very dissatisfied, and said:
"I will always wear Tang suits. We are Chinese, we wear our own clothes, and we will be strong from small things."
He loves public welfare and has made numerous donations.
donated 1.5 million yuan to fight against SARS;
donated 10 million yuan for the Wenchuan earthquake and flew to visit the victims in Sichuan earthquake area;
donated 3 million yuan for the Yushu earthquake.
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I remember what my elder brother said, and now I am still moved:
I have built 21 schools in three years, 6,500 pairs of running shoes, and 500 down jackets. It's simple!
It is not easy to send these six thousand five hundred pairs of running shoes to various places, how many pairs do you want in Guizhou, how many pairs do you want in Yanbian, how many pairs you want to judge the size, and I want to send them one by one. This is difficult.
I think this is also the reason Jackie Chan has been called "Big Brother" for many years.
On the other hand, in terms of personal morality, Jackie Chan is indeed a "jerk"
, who is bothered, derailed, prostituted, domestic violence children, denied illegitimate daughters...
Of course, these are all judged by the world.
Some people say: passion coexists with unfaithful affection, rich power and fallacy intersect.
Jackie Chan said in an interview in 2017 that there are many things that he dare not say in his autobiography.
Those who don't harm others, don't harm their families, I have almost finished it in this autobiography.
For things that cannot be said now, he will write these things together with the first name and then seal the box, wait for more than 100 years before taking it out and making it public. Jackie Chan is very envious of Bruce Lee's way of curtain call. He also wanted to stop his life abruptly at a certain point in time, leaving the audience with the best memories.
At the end of the English autobiography, Jackie Chan wrote:
"Sometimes I wonder if I should suddenly disappear one day and fly to a remote corner with a backpack on a plane.
may be a good one. The way to end.
but maybe I will never do it.
I just hope that when the time comes, I will know that I should stop all of this.
I will take care of myself. I just hope that the audience will not judge me too much. Just be harsh."
