As body ages, Jackie Chan longs for Hollywood’s full embrace
The Hong Kong martial arts film star, who declared last year at France’s Cannes film festival that he was retiring from action films, now says that he is going to let his body decide.
Jackie Chan wasn’t in the mood for proclamations.
The Hong Kong martial arts film star, who declared last year at France’s Cannes film festival that he was retiring from action films, now says that after more than a decade of contemplating quitting, he is going to let his body decide.
“When I was 40-something the media would ask me and then I said another five years, and then five years and five years until now,” the Kung Fu actor said in an interview promoting his Chinese action film Chinese Zodiac, which will be released in US cinemas on Friday.
“Six more months and I’m going to be 60,” Chan said. “And I (will) see how far I can go until my body tells me, ‘Stop’.”
Chan, famous for performing all of his high-flying and physically punishing stunts, has appeared in more than 100 films and now writes, produces and directs his own films in Asia.