Jet Li Mocked Jackie Chan About Earning Quick Money, And He Was Not Happy
The other martial arts actor Jet Li is one of the legends that Jackie Chan has collaborated with. The two actors are close friends and have even appeared in movies together, but there was a time in their professional relationship when Jackie Chan turned against Jet Li due to his performance in High Risk.
In 1993, Jackie Chan and Wong Jing collaborated on City Hunter, a movie version of the same-named manga. The movie was a smashing success, and everyone adored it. Due to certain twisted jokes, which is a measure of fidelity to the source material, the actor did not enjoy it and even went as far as to disavow it.
The Skiptrace actor didn't enjoy the movie since some of the jokes were directed at him. Yet, he was unable to change the movie despite his displeasure: “Wong Jing always wants to make quick money, everything quick. Of course, I’m not happy, but what can I do? I cannot say, ‘Stop! Don’t do it.’ Naw, let Mockhem do it, let it be. People will know what happened. And later I found out I am right, nobody sees the movie. I’m so happy. A lot of people ask Jet li and Jackie Cheung, ‘Why you doing this?’ I think they very embarrassed, even now they look at me they like this, [Jackie pretends to bow head in shame]. I’m so happy. Before they look at me, ‘Yes, yeah!’ But now they look at me like this.”
Despite Jet Li's film making fun of Jackie Chan, it is reasonable to conclude that the two stars are once again close friends because they have acted in movies together. Over time, the two performers developed a strong friendship, and action star fans yearned to see them on screen together for years. But, for a while, a variety of reasons prevented this from happening. Even Jackie Chan discussed this incident in an MTV interview.
“We’ve known each other for more than 30 years, and 20 years ago we tried to work on a movie together. I called him, and we sat and talked, and he agreed, and I wrote the script and he agreed to the script. I told my company to do it, then somehow it [didn’t come together]. I said ‘Why?’ and they said, ‘Because they want to own the rights.’ ‘Who owns the rights?’ ‘Golden Harvest wants to own the rights.’ ‘China Star wants to own the rights.’ ‘Who owns the DVD rights?’ ‘Who owns the video rights?’ I said, ‘No! Who cares? Just make the movie.'”
The Forbidden Kingdom, a popular movie that earned $129 million at the box office and was praised by both fans and critics for its integration of Chinese mythology and fantasy themes, allowed the two actors to realize their ambition of working together.
In 1993, Jackie Chan and Wong Jing collaborated on City Hunter, a movie version of the same-named manga. The movie was a smashing success, and everyone adored it. Due to certain twisted jokes, which is a measure of fidelity to the source material, the actor did not enjoy it and even went as far as to disavow it.
The Skiptrace actor didn't enjoy the movie since some of the jokes were directed at him. Yet, he was unable to change the movie despite his displeasure: “Wong Jing always wants to make quick money, everything quick. Of course, I’m not happy, but what can I do? I cannot say, ‘Stop! Don’t do it.’ Naw, let Mockhem do it, let it be. People will know what happened. And later I found out I am right, nobody sees the movie. I’m so happy. A lot of people ask Jet li and Jackie Cheung, ‘Why you doing this?’ I think they very embarrassed, even now they look at me they like this, [Jackie pretends to bow head in shame]. I’m so happy. Before they look at me, ‘Yes, yeah!’ But now they look at me like this.”
Despite Jet Li's film making fun of Jackie Chan, it is reasonable to conclude that the two stars are once again close friends because they have acted in movies together. Over time, the two performers developed a strong friendship, and action star fans yearned to see them on screen together for years. But, for a while, a variety of reasons prevented this from happening. Even Jackie Chan discussed this incident in an MTV interview.
“We’ve known each other for more than 30 years, and 20 years ago we tried to work on a movie together. I called him, and we sat and talked, and he agreed, and I wrote the script and he agreed to the script. I told my company to do it, then somehow it [didn’t come together]. I said ‘Why?’ and they said, ‘Because they want to own the rights.’ ‘Who owns the rights?’ ‘Golden Harvest wants to own the rights.’ ‘China Star wants to own the rights.’ ‘Who owns the DVD rights?’ ‘Who owns the video rights?’ I said, ‘No! Who cares? Just make the movie.'”
The Forbidden Kingdom, a popular movie that earned $129 million at the box office and was praised by both fans and critics for its integration of Chinese mythology and fantasy themes, allowed the two actors to realize their ambition of working together.
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