Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Is Jackie Chan Finally Retiring From Doing His Own Stunts?

Jackie Chan is 71-years-old...so is he finally ready to retire...from doing his own stunts?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Long before other stars were doing their own stunts, Jackie
Chan was bravely putting himself at risk in scenes that
we'd give even other stunt men pause. But now it's
seventy one years old. Nobody would judge Jackie if he
finally allowed a professional to step in and do the
big stunts. Nobody except Jackie, he tells people. Of course,
I will always do my own stunts. It's just who
I am. That's not changing until the day I retire,

(00:25):
which is never. We've done it for sixty four years straight.
There's no physical preparation anymore. Everything is in your heart
and soul. It's muscle memory and the old days, the
only chance we had was to do stunts for real. Today,
with computers, actors can do anything. But there's a sense
of reality that's missing. Jackie Chan there and his latest
Karate Kid Legends, is now available to rent on vod

(00:47):
that's direct from Hollywood.