Jackie Chan: "I don't even know who Chris Tucker is"

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Jackie Chan says Rush Hour 3 held up because of Tucker’s demands
HONG KONG (AP) — Jackie Chan says the third instalment in the Rush Hour series is held up because co-star Chris Tucker is making too many demands.
The Hong Kong actor also questioned whether Tucker has the stature to make so many requests.
“He wants too much power. The movie company hasn’t obliged. He wants final editing rights and the final look at the movie and so on,” Chan said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Chan said the situation was made difficult by the need to treat him and Tucker equally.
“That’s why they (the movie company) haven’t agreed to his demands after so long,” Chan said.
He called Tucker a “good friend” but questioned whether Tucker had the stature to be so demanding.
“He’s still a new actor. How many movies has he made? Two movies have already made him very famous and made him a lot of money,” Chan said.
“He needs to learn slowly,” he added.
Tucker thinks Chan is too much of a pushover when it comes to furthering his own interests, the Hong Kong star said.
“When he asks me what I want, I say, ‘I don’t care,’ and he’ll scold me, saying, ’They make so much money off us. We’ll have to get it back,”’ Chan said.
The Rush Hour series has thrived on the interracial comic chemistry between Chan and Tucker.
Chan also says his new movie The Myth is an attempt to change his image as a one-dimensional action star.
Chan plays an ancient Chinese general who’s reincarnated in modern times and looks for his love interest from his previous life, who has survived because she took a longevity pill.
Chan said he found his role’s stoicism challenging.
“(Director) Stanley Tong would tell me, ’You have to convey love but can’t use any facial expressions.’ How can you do that? It’s impossible to do,” Chan said at a news conference in Hong Kong.
The Myth features a racially diverse cast that includes South Korean Kim Hee-sun and Bollywood sex symbol Mallika Sherawat. It was shot at locations in China and India.
The action star also said he’s working with famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou on a project but declined to reveal details, saying only that it would be “galvanizing” and is set in the 1980s.
Zhang’s recent work includes the martial arts films Hero, which stars Jet Li and House of Flying Daggers, which features Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Zhang Ziyi.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

The Rush Hour series has thrived on the interracial comic chemistry between Chan and Tucker.

Yeah thats some high fucking comedy there.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Haha I don't see that sentence in there at all. I wonder if Rush Hour 3 will come out before Shanghai Noon 3.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

The ~~Rush Hour~~ Shanghai Noon series has thrived on the interracial comic chemistry between Chan and ~~Tucker~~ Wilson.

― no tech! (ex machina), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

XPOST

― no tech! (ex machina), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Chris Tucker and Owen Wilson should remake 48 Hours.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Chan also says his new movie The Myth is an attempt to change his image as a one-dimensional action star.
Chan plays an ancient Chinese general who’s reincarnated in modern times and looks for his love interest from his previous life, who has survived because she took a longevity pill.

hee hee. wacky wacky wacky. Such an image-difference this will be.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

jackie chan is sort of boring these days.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

I do want to see him in a Zhang Yimou movie, but unlike Li, I can't really see Chan doing too much with a serious role (even though Crime Story is quite good.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Chris tucker is that annoying little twit who ruined a couple of your recent films. Remember? Black dude, voice like Alvin the Chipmunk, does a Step-n-Fetchit turned Dirty Harry act that makes you want to bury him alive?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

wong kar-wai should cast jackie chan

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Mcuh as I love Jackie, I just don't see him turning in a genuinely good dramatic performance. Once I had hopes he could go all Burt Lancaster on us, but now I don't think it's likely at all. If he could get a full body ligament and cartilege transplant every 15 years I'd be happy for him to keep on doing comedy chop socky forever, though.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

a movie where the control is being wrestled between Brett Ratner and Chris Tucker? yaaay...

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Tucker needs to talk to that redheaded guy from NYPD Blue.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

to be fair he's doing a great job on csi: miami of making will peterson look like brando

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Caruso actually had some decent skills at one time. King of New York, good role.

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

I actually enjoyed Caruso in that Section 9 movie (or whatever that movie about the guys fixing an insane asylum was called). But if he's playing an irate cop I run for the hills.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Caruso and Laura Linney should make a movie about a bitter, indignant cop being prosected by a bitter, indignant D.A. who accidently meet in a clown-spanking chat room.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

"Recognize these?"
http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/031210/18851__csim_l.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

gah, being prosecuted. And it should be called Binky The Doormat.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

"Maybe you've seen this before?"
http://www.rtl.nl/components/soaps/csimiami/images/csimiami_caine.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

Wait they didn't already do that movie? Isn't that the plot to Kiss of Death?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

"THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

"Wait a minute. What's this?"
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/01/photos/FLO_1_TD1CARUSO_176343_0101.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

"Collect those fibers and bring them to the lab. We've got work to do."
http://www.tvnorge.no/bilder/00/92/84/29/csi_david_caruso_med_solbriller_l.jpg.medium.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

"This can mean only one thing. Our perp was in the same room as the victim."
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/tv/pics/0202csimiami-autosized141.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

Binky The Doormat (2006)

Directed by Brett Ratner
Written by Joe Esterhas

David Caruso...Sgt. Don Thicke
Laura Linney...D.A. Madeline Warshaw
George Dzundza...Lt. Frank Milano
Dennis Farina...Commissioner Frank Marioni
Danny Aiello...Don Leon Amico
Lara Flynn Boyle...Jeanette Wiedan
Donald Sutherland...Judge Aloysius Fontaine
Carrot Top...Mr. Kookle
Mary Steenburgen...Alice Thicke
Dennis Miller...Jim Haddick
Jason Alexander...Burt Manning
Michael McKean...Jon/Captain Bananas

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

http://suspense.net/buzz/images/binky-large.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Thursday, 7 July 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1933354,00.html

― benrique (Enrique), Monday, 30 October 2006 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

"Polanksi joins the cast as a French police officer who impedes Chris Tucker and on-screen partner Jackie Chan"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lethal_Weapon_3_Poster.jpg

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Monday, 30 October 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

tucker and chan are trying to get round a US-France extradition snafu to close a notorious rape case... and only roman polanski can stop them!

― benrique (Enrique), Monday, 30 October 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

"The Myth" was fucking awful; I liked Malika Sherawat tho.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 30 October 2006 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, you left out the best part of the quote!

At the behest of Brett Ratner, Polanksi joins the cast as a French police officer who impedes Chris Tucker and on-screen partner Jackie Chan as they battle a Chinese crime syndicate.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

"Dude, come on! Come on, dude! Dude, I loved you in that vampire movie! Come on!"

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

"legendary auteur roman p turns down this kind of offer five times a day. but then brett ratner picks up the phone..."

― benrique (Enrique), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

"I can make you the next ~~Ian McKellan~~ Vinny Jones!"

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

Has Polanski even acted outside his own films?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

i believe he started as an actor, for wadja.

― benrique (Enrique), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

http://dvdtoile.com/FILMS/19/19909.jpg

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

He had a cool cameo in Andy Warhol's Dracula .

― Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Monday, 30 October 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

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