Asian Movie News - Written by AdminHQ on Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:20 - 2 Comments
Jackie Chan’s Disciple Jack Tu Interviewed
On July 27, 2008, just prior to the Beijing Olympics, Jackie Chan took his official first disciple. Jack Tu bowed before Chan on top of the
Screen Power: How do you feel?
Jack Tu: Ah, well, before it was very calm, then very stressed, but now I feel very excited. There’s a whole bunch of new opportunities. In the past, I never thought of going into movies or the entertainment industry. In the past, I thought I was just going to follow in my dad’s steps.
The first day was crazy. We slept for two hours and they woke us up at 3:00 in the morning. They came in with this big speaker, “Come on! Wake up! Emergency meeting! Emergency meeting!” And everyone just got up and started running outside and it was winter. It was really cold. It was – 10 degrees and we had to run out of our room to another place. So we charged there. 3:00 in the morning. Everyone had a big jacket. Some people were still wearing pajamas. And we had to stand outside and the JC Stunt Team, one of Jackie’s very close stunt team captains named He Jin, he started lecturing us. “This is for acting in the film industry. You always have to be prepared for unexpected stuff. Sometimes there’s a scene that needs to be done at that time, or that light is just perfect. You have to get up and go do the scene.” We are all like, “This is crazy!” We couldn’t even contact outside and everything’s controlled by them.
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Such a great read! I am going to take out a magazine subscription to Screen Power this week.
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Wow, this guy must be so talented for Jackie Chan to announce him the winner! Looking forward to reading the full interview soon in Screen Power magazine.