The movie ＂Dragon Horse Spirit＂ broke 100 million! 69-year-old Jackie Chan can still play

1905 movie network feature "If you didn’t say I’m sixty-nine, I forgot about me sixty-nine." On April 7th, he celebrated his 69th birthday. This day is also the release day of his new starring film.

"I always thought I was still young, but sometimes I really couldn’t do it," such as jumping from a high place and realizing that two injured knees would hurt. Jackie Chan said, "My habit is to keep forgetting my age."

This time, in order to shoot "The Spirit of Dragon Horse", he decided to postpone the knee surgery and perform nine injections to close it. Every action scene was really hard to beat. After half a year of pain relief, it was exhausted in 20 days.

Age doesn’t stop Jackie Chan from continuing to dare to fight. He doesn’t think that at this age, he can’t fight anymore. In this movie, he still brings a lot of thrills to the audience, such as the dangerous move of sliding down the stairs, and he still plays it himself. "I have a good foundation to do things that a normal 69-year-old can’t do."

Entering the industry at the age of 8, he has brought nearly 200 works to audiences in 60 years. Six days after its release, "The Spirit of Dragon Horse" has broken the billion-dollar box office. Jackie Chan’s action movies have spanned generations and continue to maintain their appeal and attractiveness. Going in both directions with the audience, Jackie Chan admitted that "action movies are my life".

PART.01 Jackie Chan and the Red Rabbit

In "Dragon Horse Spirit", Jackie Chan plays the Dragon Tiger martial artist Lao Luo, whose story of being close to his beloved horse, Red Rabbit, is warm and touching.

Lao Luo took care of the defective Red Rabbit and grew up, and the Red Rabbit also accompanied Lao Luo on the set to challenge various difficult action scenes. They had the same heart, but they were once forced to break up, separated through pain, and finally reunited, poking the audience in tears.

This is not the first time Jackie Chan has filmed with horses, he spent three months in Canada learning to ride horses. "You ride, he rides, and the horse doesn’t know who to listen to. Everyone rides differently. So I have to stand next to it every day, give it a smell of me, hold it, and talk to it."

Talking about getting along with the pony Red Rabbit, Jackie Chan revealed that he had a set of strategies for cultivating feelings. From the beginning of contact, he asked that only he could touch the Red Rabbit, "I can only feed it, only I can ride it." Jackie Chan knew very well that if they did not establish a close relationship in advance, "If you grab it suddenly, the Red Rabbit may pick you. Its nose is very hard, and if you pick it, you will have a nosebleed."

"The director picked a good horse for me." Jackie Chan praised the pony, Chi Rabbit, whose eyes were very smart, and he didn’t need to lead him when walking, so he would follow him naturally. Inside and outside the play, "one dragon and one horse" cooperated tacitly, and Chi Rabbit’s spiritual performance also brought great surprises to the audience.

PART.02 Jackie Chan and the action

"Do you regret making an action movie?" Looking back at the life of an action man forged with blood and sweat, Jackie Chan said frankly, "I regret it for a moment, but I forget it."

When shooting, his foot was injured in the morning, and he continued to shoot in the afternoon; when his hand was "broken", he continued to shoot on the spot. Whenever he didn’t want to shoot a thrilling action, he wanted to give up for a while, and when he heard that the movie was about to start, Jackie Chan still had his eyes shining and immediately took the initiative to go to the "battlefield".

"We’re used to it, this is how we do martial arts. Whether it’s me, or our Dragon Tiger martial artist, is there something wrong? It’s okay. One kick, it’s okay. Come again? OK. If you have something to go back and have something to do, there will be nothing at all at the scene. Go out happily, go home sad and hurt, this is martial arts, this is our fate."

Once Jackie Chan was injured while filming and had an operation on his head. "Seven days after the operation, I called home and told my family that I was in the hospital. What’s the matter? It’s alright, the operation is over. I’m still going to lie to my mother."

For so many years, Jackie Chan’s mother has not finished watching one of his movies in its entirety. "She feels uncomfortable when I hit someone, and she feels even more uncomfortable when someone hits me. She only watches it when she is in a literary drama."

"The Spirit of Dragon Horse" takes the audience back to the classic scenes of Jackie Chan fighting for his life again and again. Jackie Chan made the world appreciate the brilliance and brilliance of Chinese action movies, but at the same time, he also carried a series of injuries.

"I can live to this day and still be lively here. I don’t know when I will be in a wheelchair and pedal on crutches." Jackie Chan lamented that it was really not easy to rely on movements all the way. "The doctor said I can’t fight anymore, (I think) let’s hit it first, and hit it lightly. Rest, don’t shoot, it’s impossible, I’d rather not be able to shoot!"

In the dialogue between Lao Luo and his daughter in the film, Jackie Chan says that it is like what he said to his family: "Don’t ask me where I am going, go out to work, and come back after work. If I don’t come back, come to the hospital to see me."

"I’ve been making action movies all my life, but I also know that one day, I will definitely come down." Even if Jackie Chan will not accept the kung fu now, he knows that some changes need to be made. "Let the audience slowly accept that watching Jackie Chan’s play does not have to be a fight."

Jackie Chan also performed a lot of literary dramas in other films. His grasp of various emotional dramas in "Spirit of Dragon Horse", especially the delicate interpretation of the crying scene, is also commendable. Jackie Chan wants audiences to know that he is not only good at kung fu, but also a good actor in all aspects.

PART.03 Jackie Chan and his fans

"How far have you traveled to meet this time, and the vow of youth will be settled after decades." At the end of "Dragon Horse Spirit", Jackie Chan sang the song "Youth Story" affectionately, which is not only Lao Luo’s look back on his career as a martial artist, but also his portrayal of the story of 60 years of hard work in the film.

The song was sung during the fourth annual Jackie Chan International Action Film Week in 2018, and Jackie Chan dedicated it to the "family class" who worked together. Talking about the meaning behind the song, Jackie Chan felt a lot. "When I sang this song, they cried profusely. Everyone is a strong man, crying profusely."

"Plan A"… These classic screen masterpieces of Jackie Chan’s past are buried in "Dragon Horse Spirit" in the form of Lao Luo’s appearance, movements and other easter eggs. Jackie Chan’s screen youth story is also the youth memory of countless "dragon fans".

"Dragon Horse Spirit" embodies Jackie Chan’s "Never say No" spirit, and this film is also his gift to the stuntmen of Dragon Tiger martial artists around the world.

"I hope that when I can still fight, move, act and dance, I will make a movie every year for all audiences," Mr. Chan said.