Jackie Chan： In all identities, I prefer to be a big brother
1905 movie network feature"I want to be proud of myself and Chengjia Class."
"Sometimes I really want to say their names, bear with it."
"Young people today are so happy!"
In the just-concluded Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, Jackie Chan participated in activities other than connecting shafts
He also accepted an exclusive interview with 1905 Movie Network’s "Pin Dao Movie", and the whole process exploded
Standing in a large exhibition hall, Jackie Chan looked at the more than 100 movie posters hanging on the wall one by one, "Looking at them is like seeing a microcosm of myself in the past few decades."
Jackie Chan’s 100 Movie Poster Exhibition is on display in Datong, Jackie Chan stops and stares at the poster on the wall
After careful calculation, Jackie Chan has been in the industry for 58 years and has made more than 200 movies. He has grown from an unknown martial arts star to an international kung fu superstar.
He confessed that he used to chase fame and fortune for survival, and he also admitted that he had made bad movies. But for Jackie Chan today, everything has been simplified.
Jackie Chan accepted an interview with 1905 Movie Network
As always, maintaining a high-speed creative rhythm and challenging yourself again and again on the screen, all this is no longer about the pressure from others, but purely due to the love of movies. In Jackie Chan’s own words, "I like to play, I like to try new things, I am a big kid."
However, time is cruel, and it doesn’t stop for anyone.
Soon, Jackie Chan will be 65 years old. This age makes him full of urgency, and he often laments the lack of time to those around him: "I really don’t have time to rest, and I don’t even dare to sleep."
Jackie Chan hopes that he will have the opportunity to shoot 80 years old, and use every minute and every second to the limit: "I am making one less film now, after all, the age is here. Of course, I could have retired, but that is very boring for me."
"Making movies is fun. I still have many movies I want to make."
The days when I earn 5 yuan a day to earn a "lunch box"
Jackie Chan has supported many newcomers. Because he has suffered, he always hopes to protect and help the younger generation as much as possible to make their path smoother.
Many years ago, Jackie Chan was already in the industry at a young age. However, this "child star" can be described as a miserable one: as a small martial artist, he only earns 5 Hong Kong dollars a day, but he needs to fall from a high place, climb up, and fall again, and fall for a full day.
"Seven Xiaofu" in the academic period
No matter how tired or painful it was, when the director asked if there was anything wrong, Jackie Chan could only clench his teeth and shake his head – because once he said "something", he would never have to start work again.
"At that time, the belief that supported me was for the lunch box and for survival. Later, I told myself that I would earn 65 yuan a day, 120 yuan a day, I don’t want to be a small martial arts, I want to be a big martial arts!" Because of his hard work, Jackie Chan made the director notice the child huddled in the corner of the set and arranged for him to follow him to learn how to set the camera and do things.
Before the age of 18, Jackie Chan had already achieved great martial arts, which made him feel very satisfied at that time.
"They told me that being a martial arts instructor can’draw water ‘, but there are some’rebates’, so I said that I would also be a martial arts instructor!"
When it comes to the "embarrassing things" of that year, Jackie Chan himself can’t help but laugh: "It was really fun at that time. I will always remember that the director spoke Shanghai dialect at that time, and he said, ‘Jackie Chan, tomorrow you can do 20 martial arts, but you can’t shoot it’."
"Can’t shoot" means that one martial arts instructor can get 20 people from the crew, and Jackie Chan, who got the money, gave each of Yuan Kui and Xu Xiaoming, who were still his deputies at the time.
This kind of life is "easy to earn", but Jackie Chan gradually realizes that he can’t go on like this, so he starts to think: "What exactly do I want to do?"
"Serpentine Diaoshou" stills
Jackie Chan never denied that he was eager to become famous at this stage, and went to the front to make more movies to give his parents a better life. In 1971, Jackie Chan made his first starring role on the recommendation of producers, but it was not successful in the market.
After that, he starred in films such as "Serpentine", and it was not until 1978 that Jackie Chan met the role of Huang Feihong in the film that he really became famous.
"Drunk Fist" stills
"I have a chance to be the leading actor today, and I want to make this movie well." Jackie Chan decided that he had a kind of resilience. If he didn’t make a good movie today, he would make another movie tomorrow, and if he didn’t make a good movie tomorrow, he would continue to shoot the day after tomorrow. Until every detail was completed, "I’m not going to make a movie, I’m going to make a good movie."
He had no time to think about what kind of classic "Drunken Fist" would become in 40 years, let alone how after 50 years in the industry, the Xiao Wu Guild, who only earned lunch boxes, held the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award and became the focus of the world’s attention.
Standing in today’s position, looking back, "I am proud of myself and Chengjia Class," Jackie Chan said firmly.
The "big brother" of younger action filmmakers
Among actors, directors, producers, screenwriters and many other identities, Jackie Chan chose the most "simple" but needed to do the most: "I prefer to be their big brother."
At the closing ceremony of Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, a picture was unforgettable and moving: Jackie Chan’s family class, which he built with his own hands, brought a live-action performance called "I am an Action Man".
Without any icing on the cake, the young people are just repeating their daily routine in the crew, with flesh and blood falling straight from the sky, hitting the glass and wood boards with a thrilling sound.
As bystanders, we were nervous and engaged. As soon as the camera turned, Jackie Chan stared intently at the children under the stage, with tears streaming down the tough guy’s vicissitudes.
"I am a stunt actor, and I know the heart of martial arts too well." He lamented that it is not easy to be an action actor – in front of the stage, you can be happy, sad, tumbling and jumping, but whether it is the Golden Horse Awards or the Academy Awards, the honor almost always belongs to the actors of literary films; behind the scenes, you can only be the shadow of the protagonists, the eternal unsung hero.
Throughout movie week, we heard too many action people thanking "Big Brother". They included Jackie Chan’s old partner for many years, as well as ordinary stuntmen who had never met before.
"I’m doing this event to really bring out the excellent, young action actors, stuntmen and martial arts instructors behind the scenes, and let more people know." Jackie Chan emphasized his pure original intention again and again. "Don’t thank me, this is also your stage," he said.
Over the years, Jackie Chan has worked with countless juniors and newcomers. Some of them make him care, while others make him "sad".
After searching, Jackie Chan had a lot of news about "bombarding little fresh meat". He always had the urge to expose those undedicated children, but he told himself again and again to "bear with me".
"I often tell young people during filming that you are so happy, so happy."
In some cases, the overprotection of these young people makes Jackie Chan dumbfounded. Compared with the past, actors need to hone for a long time, save a foundation and enter the industry. Now most actors simply do not have time to calm down and learn.
"The market environment forces them to be like this, so I often advise young people who want to enter the industry to learn more. Only by being handsome can you continue to walk."
I was still a "big kid"
Jackie Chan has published an autobiography called "Old Before You Grow Up". As a generation that grew up watching his movies, we are familiar with the omnipotent Jackie Chan on the screen and accustomed to his never-slowing pace of work. We always forget that our eldest brother is also over 60 years old.
Now 65-year-old Jackie Chan himself has a sense of urgency. "One movie is one less, after all, the age is here," he bluntly said that he sometimes can’t even bear to sleep.
Recently, he went to the hospital to take an MRI, and was found that the knee meniscus was seriously worn and needed immediate surgery. But because the recovery period would take one to two months, Jackie Chan hesitated again. Because he had already decided to rush to Ningxia to shoot his new film "Raging Sandstorm".
As early as the age of 40, Jackie Chan had the idea of quitting the movie. "Of course I could retire now, buy an island, fish, drive a yacht and play around, but that’s not interesting to me."
For him now, making movies is still the most interesting thing. If acting at a young age still minds the pressure from the outside world, now Jackie Chan is completely free to try whatever he wants.
Jackie Chan, who can’t be idle, is a "big kid" who likes to play in his eyes.
For example, he bought a lot of equipment loaded with the latest technology, and kept trying new things, learning new technologies and knowledge, just because "I still have a lot of movies I want to make."
Jackie Chan, 65, hopes to live to be 80 years old and act to be 80 years old. For the next 15 springs, he will make the most of every minute and every second.
"If I can live to be 81 or more, then I earn it."