Thu, Sep 25, 2003 - Page 16 News List

Jackie Chan reassures his fans

The Hong Kong and Hollywood actor said rumors that he had throat cancer were unfounded

By Yu Sen-lun  /  STAFF REPORTER

Q: If you die and were resurrected, as happens in your latest film, would you choose to be an actor again?

Chan: Yes, definitely. It's hard to imagine not doing films. Wherever I go, I'm always looking for shooting locations. Like this hotel I stayed in yesterday. I was looking outside, thinking if I could jump and enter this large window. And when I was in Amsterdam, I saw this building with an inclined angle, so I immediately told my producer to check this location for shooting. You know my films are about action in all those interesting locations. You have to make use of the environment in designing the action scenes.

Q: What are your next film projects?

Chan: I've finished shooting Around the World in 80 Days [with English comedian Steve Coogan]. I will be talking to Stanley Tong (唐李禮) about a new project, Time Breaker. I will begin shooting Rush Hour 3 next year and I will start my own movie, New Police Story, with Charlie Yeung (楊采妮). I have a plan to make a serious drama with Taiwanese director Edward Yang (楊德昌). And Zhang Yi-mou (張藝謀) is also talking to me about a new action project.

Q: The 40th Golden Horse Awards plans to invite previous winners to "come home" and join the ceremony, including you and your wife. Will you bring her back to Taiwan again?

Chan: I will come, but she won't. Nobody can persuade her. Ai-ya! She has stopped going to these kinds of events so you can stop asking me. There will be so many people, cameras and media. She would be scared. I don't think she would come -- unless there was an award for her.

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