'Karate Kid: Legends' Star Jackie Chan Says He's Been Waiting for the Chance to Make 'Rush Hour 4' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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At the premiere of 'Karate Kid: Legends,' Jackie Chan chats with THR and talks about the fight training he does for his films. Plus, he talks working with Ralph Macchio, and how he aspires to be an actor that can fight like Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone.

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00:00Congratulations on this film. You and Ralph Macchio are bringing two Karate Kid worlds together.

00:05What was it like teaming up with him and some of those first days like on set?

00:08Ralph, you know when I was young I watched Karate Kid 1 and at that time I just said,

00:15why Ralph, not me? I can't do it.

00:18And a couple years later then Will Smith called me, called me,

00:24Jackie, I want to reshoot Karate Kid. I said, good, but the problem is I'm not young anymore.

00:30He said, no, you're not the kid. You're the Miyake. I said, oh, okay.

00:35Then I realized, oh, I'm not young anymore.

00:38You are young at heart.

00:40Then I'm thank you. And that time is the good timing. I want to change.

00:45I want the audience to know I'm not the action star. I want to be an actor who can fight.

00:51So this is why I get involved in Karate Kid.

00:55Then later on I'm involved like a foreigner. I act an old man.

00:59And later on I spent like almost 10 years to change audience's mind.

01:05Oh, Jackie, not the action star. Jackie can act.

01:09I want to be an actor who can fight.

01:11Just like Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Stallone.

01:14Yes. Well, you said you plan on doing your own stunts until you retire, which is never.

01:19How do you prepare for stunts these days?

01:23I've been having a very good foundation training.

01:25You're talking about flip over, kicking and punch.

01:28For me, easy. I've been training all my life.

01:31Of course, I cannot jump from the tree anymore, over the car.

01:35Whatever I can do, I do it myself.

01:37Like when I was young, I can do a triple, triple kick, double, double kick.

01:40But now I do one kick, I do one kick.

01:42I think the audience, they just don't, we want to see Jackie do the real things.

01:47They don't want Jackie wearing the mask, to jump around and come back, take off the mask.

01:51Oh, there's Jackie, that's a double.

01:53Oh, there's a cartoon, that's special effect.

01:56Poor me.

01:57I want director to invite me to be a Batman or Superman.

02:02Yeah.

02:03Yeah, but.

02:03But you are, you can be the actor.

02:05No, all the directors hire me just to do the real things.

02:09Oh my gosh, I love that.

02:10And finally, the people want to know, when are we getting a rush hour for?

02:15Ask the studio, ask the director, ask the writer.

02:19I've been waiting.

02:20Otherwise, Chris and me, 100 years old.

02:23Thanks for listening.

'Karate Kid: Legends' Star Jackie Chan Says He's Been Waiting for the Chance to Make 'Rush Hour 4' | THR Video

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