Jackie Chan is one of the most legendary actors in the world, becoming a favorite among global audiences due to his charming personality, wit, and unparalleled martial arts skills.
His past hides many astonishing stories, which can even be said to be unbelievable. These experiences have also made him a more inspirational figure.
Let's learn about his growth experience together and see what has created such a legendary figure:🧵
1. His stunt performance left a permanent skull hole.
- Jackie Chan insists on performing all stunts himself, making him one of the bravest and most professional actors in the industry.
- While filming (Dragon Lord), he fell from a tree 12 meters high, resulting in skull damage and leaving a permanent hole. Sometimes, he even lets co-stars or interviewers feel it with their fingers.
- He has been injured multiple times; Jackie Chan has recorded over 70 injuries he experienced on set!
2. He once appeared in adult films due to urgent financial needs.
- In 1975, Jackie Chan participated in a Hong Kong softcore pornographic film titled (Family Portrait), which starred a well-known adult film star, and Jackie had nude scenes in the film.
- He once said: "At that time, I had to do anything for a living. But I don't think it's a big deal because the Category III films back then were even more conservative than movies now."
3. He had a poor and difficult childhood.
- Jackie Chan's father was a spy, and his mother was an opium dealer. When he was 6 years old, his parents sent him to a boarding school.
- He recalled: "Those days were very tough. We hardly had enough food and didn't have enough clothes to wear, and the training was also very hard."
- But he also stated that it was precisely because of these hardships that he trained very hard and successfully participated in his first movie at the age of 8.
4. He is a professionally trained opera singer.
- Jackie Chan received education at the Chinese Drama Academy. In addition to studying acrobatics and martial arts, he also received training in music and vocal performance, ultimately becoming a Peking opera actor.
- To this day, he still loves music and performing arts and has released over 20 albums covering multiple languages.
5. He has confronted Hong Kong's organized crime face to face.
- Jackie Chan's success has led to conflicts with the notorious Chinese triads, often getting harassed by these criminal organizations.
- Unable to bear the situation, Jackie Chan revealed that he once confronted gangsters with a gun and was prepared with grenades in case the conflict escalated.
- This incident later attracted the attention of the authorities, and Jackie Chan told them that it happened outside of Hong Kong.
6. It is said that he severed ties with his daughter because she is a lesbian.
- Jackie Chan indeed abandoned his first wife and daughter Etta Ng after the extramarital affair was exposed, which happened before Etta was born.
- In 2017, Etta Ng publicly came out as a lesbian on social media and revealed that she was homeless due to her "homophobic parents."
- Etta Ng's mother also publicly criticized her, saying: "If she doesn't have money, she should go to work. People all over the world are working hard instead of relying on others' fame to make money."
7. Jackie Chan is proficient in multiple languages and has received several Guinness World Records.
- He can speak 8 languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, English, German, Korean, Japanese, Thai, and American Sign Language.
- He holds two Guinness World Records: "Most stunts performed by a living actor" and "Most successful action film actor."
- He also set a record for holding the most positions in a single film (15 roles), including director, producer, actor, action director, composer, art director, production manager, lighting technician, theme song vocalist, screenwriter, cinematographer, stuntman, prop designer, and catering coordinator.
8. Jackie Chan's son Jaycee Chan was arrested and imprisoned due to a drug case.
- Jaycee Chan was prosecuted for possessing and selling marijuana, as well as allowing drug users to consume drugs in his Beijing apartment, and he was eventually sentenced to six months in prison.
- Jackie Chan has served as a public ambassador for anti-drug initiatives in China since 2009, and he publicly apologized for his son's behavior.
- He also stated that he would not leave his inheritance to Jaycee Chan: "If he has the ability, he can earn money himself. If he doesn't have the ability, then he will only waste my money."
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