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Jackie Chan never wanted to be Bruce Lee: Bruceploitation and the rise of an everyman hero

When Bruce Lee died in 1973, something strange happened in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. Filmmakers started casting Bruce Lee look-alike actors to star in imitation martial arts films. The ...
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Jackie Chan on Why He Wanted to Become the “Asian Robert De Niro,” Bowling With Bruce Lee and the Difficulty of Making Good Studio Movies

Hong Kong and global film icon Jackie Chan received a Career Leopard award on Saturday night and an enthusiastic welcome at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. And on Sunday ...
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Jackie Chan on Why He Wanted to Become the “Asian Robert De Niro,” Bowling With Bruce Lee and the Difficulty of Making Good Studio Movies

A day after receiving a Career Leopard award at Locarno, the Hong Kong and global film icon said that studios’ focus on financial returns make it “very difficult to make a good movie.” By Georg Szalai ...