The first Jackie Chan movies: how martial arts superstar shaped his fighting style in Shaolin Wooden Men, The Young Master, and more

• They wanted him to fill Bruce Lee’s shoes, but Jackie Chan quickly understood that wouldn’t work. He honed his fighting style in early films, then stepped up
• Signing for Golden Harvest allowed him to direct, and his first film for the studio, The Young Master, ‘set a new path for Asian films’, Chan later recalled