Hong Kong martial arts star Jackie Chan (pictured here in 1995) reflected on the dramatic roles he used to extend his range, and his movie formula, in a 1997 interview previously unpublished. Photo: SCMP
Jackie Chan on his feel-good movie formula and how, with films like 1993’s Crime Story, he sought to extend from martial arts to more dramatic roles
- In an unpublished interview the Hong Kong actor talks about extending his range to more dramatic roles in film such as Mr Canton and Lady Rose, and Crime Story
- He also offers a definition of a Jackie Chan film: happy-go-lucky, with ‘a good guy and a bad guy’ and at the end ‘you leave the cinema with a good feeling’
Hong Kong martial arts star Jackie Chan (pictured here in 1995) reflected on the dramatic roles he used to extend his range, and his movie formula, in a 1997 interview previously unpublished. Photo: SCMP
