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Is Your Foot All Right I Was Thrilled,

but at the same time I was kind of confused. I might do demo to take that role. I don’t know so I actually asked my kids Do you think Dad should your father should do a Star War. I mean do you like it man better or or Star War better and they said Star Wars of course so that probably that changed my mind you know that’s pretty much it broke one there is more than one sort of prison. Captain I sense that you carry yours wherever you go one of the creative conversation before I agreed to do it and I said you know the role was a little bit too cliche and how he carried himself.

Because In The Beginning It Was The Character

was a little bit more serious. But then I said you know you. Have enough of these kind of Asian Martial art Master right that’s fine you know if you want me to play that be that Asian Master you want me to swing that stick a little bit that’s perfectly fine, but shouldn’t He have a sense of humor. You know and he liked the idea and so we’re kind of adding lines and making this character a little bit more funny. Then I just kind of suggested it wouldn’t be even better if he can’t see where he can feel the force instead of not really attached to it.

But Then Somehow He Have A Grasp

of that Universe the one with the force, but one with the force that the forces with me well in all my films and all the characters that I’ve played in my entire career. I always emphasized on the realism of the character no matter. What genre I do I always emphasize on interpreting this character He has to be grounded whilst you’ll be off the wall and no one understands where you’re coming from so that’s how I approached the whole character as not just the action side, so maybe that worked maybe people really came to liken this character so much. Once Upon A Time In China part two as a professional artist you gotta do your homework if you’re Northern or Southern. The accents the way you carry yourself.

The Way You Look The Gesture And All

the efficacy is very important if you really want to play the character properly accurately. Once Upon A Time In China, for example, that was during the Qing Dynasty as in it. An actor who’s I guess specialize in action movies. Then you have to kind of connect the two play that character what type. of style during that time, how are you gonna fight? How do you interpret that that’s also takes a lot of not only research, but also a lot of skill.

Nk] S Getting Into Character Not Only As

an actor. It’s a more of a self–tuned in mentally or physically, but also the environment helps you into that character and that world so when you are dressed in that wardrobes in that period and you walk into the set and you automatically put you in that environment that helps you to get into the setting. I worked with Jet three times in my entire career. I remember I was in UK casting for Dragon the Bruce Lee Story I didn’t get that role but I got a call from the producing director and Jet Li himself said Hey you want to come back to Hong Kong and do this so. went back and we were both very young.

I Think That We Had That

little ego going on. You know in on the set so the choreographer was Yumo Ping now. Yumo Ping was the person who discovered me 40 years ago. Very veteran action director choreographer. You know he he did Kill Bills and Matrix and Crouching Tiger and did all that action well.

I Want To Make The Long

story short the way we work in Hong Kong for many many years is that with changes the choreography as we go along so we both very experienced obviously martial art actor and well no we walked on a set and we looked at the choreography. We started changing bits and peace in there and it’s kind of like happily sparring and following the structure of the choreography. But then we went off and In freestyle basically it’s like. rapping contest you know what I’m saying it’s like every both of us just kind of went on and we were going faster and faster and faster Where the camera couldn’t catch us. We’re going at it and the director was like looking at the Monitor and played back and said, Wow This is great.

You Know Just Keep It Rolling Keep

it rolling but yeah we had a really interesting time because a lot of those action choreography were improvised on the set that’s how we shot films back back in the days now. Now is you know a little bit more civilized You know we’re coming for the plan follow that plan and we do this and do that but back in the days there was Wild Wild West the way we make action movies we walk on the set and say Oh. This is the second this. is the building Let’s jump down from this building, Let’s crash this place You know Oh, let’s not shoot it this way. I remember there were many many movies is where we didn’t have a script.

We Came In And I Was Looking

at the director and we asked what what are the lines He said Oh, I haven’t figured out the lines yet let’s just say just say one two three four seven. Six really and then we we dump it later the most significant experience working on UK Upon a Time was that I had an injury almost Blinded Me so what happened was there was the shot where Jet Li was wired up and we both had these pole. These are bamboo pole about this this thick and they’re quite heavy now if they hit you in the head they’ll knock you out there was a move. Where he spun around 360 degree. He swings at me and I block him after about 30 ticks.

He Missed Instead Of Coming Across And Im

supposed to block it like this and it comes across horizontally, so it whacked me right on my eyebrow right. I mean I got knocked back about eight feet five seconds later. I said wait drop my hands and blood was spilling I kid you not it was spilling like shower spray it was like it was like this like in the move like you built so I went to the ambulance about six seven stitches six stitches the day after they called me and said Are you okay can you come in for a close-up on the right side. I said close up. You can see my stitches No I’m going to shoot you sideways so you can’t see the close-ups so what.

The Day After I Have Patches On Right

and he shot like close up on the other side where you can’t see the patches that’s how Wild it was The Hitman series Foreign I was already a very successful action director and and won quite a few Awards. In fact, pretty much every movies that I was doing was nominated and then ended up winning the award. So I was quite in demand in the market as an action director, but like you said what’s the next level. How am I going to elevate myself. Oh.

Then I Have To Really Have

even better performance as an actor because at the end of the day it’s the acting. It’s the drama right the story right and as a result it was a very good decision and you know I gave all the credit to Mr. Samuel Hong for the first. App Iman one two and then Iman 3-4. I call him sifu the one that discovered me you more ping.

He Was Responsible For Part Three And Four.

When I found out I was going to make a movie with Mike Tyson. I was ecstatic. I was always been a fan of Mike Tyson. Aside from Bruce Lee Mike Tyson was my idol You know I was looking at Mike Tyson wow you know I mean imitate him in fact how he moves I said well can I use something that Mike Tyson moves in my movies so when I realized Oh he’s gonna be in UK three so I was both excited at the same time a little bit a little bit nervous.

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I Was Like You Know What

if he actually knocked me out knocking me out is fine, but I gotta finish the movie right it was. of that kind of excitement and and that nervousness working with him because I was such a fan and he’s in front of me and he’s coming at me with his famous left hook and I was like Oh Mike Tyson’s coming over with a left hook and I told you I’m paying I said I’m not gonna be exactly like how we shoot the traditional way of kung fu movies where we always Dodge at a very Split Second. I’m gonna move when I feel dangerous whether it is I’m not gonna wait until his his fist is here you know I want to move there was a shotway. He he came up with a left hook and it was supposed to hit a big heavy bag, so all right ready close up. You know the camera rolling all right.

I Felt That Punch Was Coming

and I felt. His forearm brushed my hair. I said Whoa but it was great fun working with Mike and it was totally chill and respectful. I had more of a great time working in that film talking to him. Then that scene itself like we’ll be between shots and I would ask him questions.

Im A Fan.

You know you got to remember so it was a very memorable experience working with Mike Tyson. It was an accident he was coming at me with flurry of punches right and the choreography was. I was supposed to block all his punches with Wing Chun techniques now as the winching techniques use your elbow sometimes the elbow goes so I go at it.

Maybe I Have A Little Power

behind it and I just I guess accidentally hit hit one of his fingers like I didn’t even know about he didn’t he didn’t mention. anything and then next day he came in and he said, Oh! And he had he got banned something wrapped around his fingers and we were jokingly. Oh! You know Donnie broke my pinkies or whatever it was an accident. You know get up everybody in the world.

Some Way Or The Other Is At Least

inspired by Bruce Lee not solely on his physical Province, but his philosophy and how he saw things it’s kind of like a Mammad Ali the way he feels. This is the future and I think that’s what I was drawn to him the most with that elements we’re no different. You know only the skin colors. You know.

I Mean That Kind Of Very

liberal and free thinking right the way he made martial art movies was also impactful and influence in all my films. If you look at all my films. The temple the the certain details it still have a lot of Bruce Lee shadows in it right so but of course at that time when I was young watching Bruce Lee film.

Summary

I was thrilled, but at the same time I was kind of confused.& I always emphasized on the realism of the character no matter.& What genre I do I always emphasize on interpreting this character. He has to be grounded whilst you’ll be off the wall and no one understands where you’re coming from so that’s how I approached the whole character as not just the action side. As a professional artist you gotta do your homework if you’re Northern or Southern.& The accents the way you carry yourself.& Captain I sense that you carry yours wherever you go one of the creative conversation before I agreed to do it and I said you know the role was a little bit too cliche and how he carried himself.& Then I just kind of suggested it wouldn’t be even better if he can’t see where he can’t see where the force . He can’t . see where he can feel the force instead of not really attached to it.& But then somehow he…. Click here to read more and watch the full video