Jackie Chan Does NOT Do All His Own Stunts & the Perils of Stunt Double Erasure

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Күн бұрын

I've been a vocal Jackie Chan superfan on this channel for years, so a video essay about Jackie Chan using stunt doubles and not doing all of his own stunts is certainly not something I had planned on making. Just to reiterate once more, I love all of the films discussed in the video. Stunt doubles and stunt performers in general never get enough credit as it is, and stars claiming credit for their work while pretending their doubles don't exist only makes matters worse.
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Chapters:
00:00 The Project A clock tower drop
08:05 The myth of Jackie Chan
10:34 Jackie Chan used stunt doubles regularly
14:30 How Keanu Reeves does it right
16:01 Why stunt doubles are essential
18:05 Michelle Yeoh
21:05 Every action star uses stunt doubles, Tony Jaa, Jet Li, Bruce Lee, etc.
22:55 Conclusion

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@brickwallpictures 3 ай бұрын

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@Mediarch 3 ай бұрын

I really like that you gave props to Keanu. For the first John Wick he trained for 4 months straight doing martial arts, guns, cars, the whole works. He was 50 years and put in a ton of work and easily could have downplayed everything Yet, he still goes out of his way to recognize all the doubles and people working behind the scenes. He's one of the hardest working people in Hollywood and is a total class act.

@StuntFiction Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video, really insightful. Nothing wrong with using stunt doubles, just don't make false claims and take people's credits.

@dinman Ай бұрын

Brilliant video. Huge Jackie fan and completely agree with your conclusion. Doesn't diminish, but more credit should be shared

@lyndoncope9620 2 ай бұрын

Great video on a subject I never thought I would care enough about. I would think this video has at least some tangible value or benefit to the artists involved

@JosephelLeon 4 күн бұрын

Exellent video. Thanks!

@ruff1draft 3 ай бұрын

I want to buy the documentary Kung Fu stuntmen.

@wretchking Ай бұрын

They could have easily modified the set to make it safer and still look good.

@emptyblank099a 3 ай бұрын

high risk makes fun of jackie chan lying about doing his own stunts.

@wretchking Ай бұрын

I would like a stunt double documentary after each film explaining everything.

@JGSMusic 2 ай бұрын

Jackie Chan is a bold face liar who looked cool on screen. I'll tell you one thing , he did do more stuff on screen than American actors did so that's what made him cool. But he still lied about doing ALL his own stunts.

@themastersword1621 27 күн бұрын

What's that movie with the ice rink fall?

@ruff1draft 3 ай бұрын

Look to be honest I have known that jackie Chan has not done all his own stunts for years especially during his mid 40s to save his body and to pro long his health. him and Stanley Tong both take turns in stunts. Mars has been a legend for years. Yuen Wah is very well known as an actor and stuntmen. Yuen Wah had the same teacher as Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan they grew up together in the same school. Yuen Wah is also the landlord in Kung Fu Hustle. and he won best supporting actor award for it. And he was in Police Story 3 and Dragons Forever he was the villain in both films. And recently Yuen Wah was in Shang-Chi as well as in Baz Lurmans film Australia alongside Nicole Kidman, granted he does not get talked about enough.

@bryantherocker Ай бұрын

I believ Jackie can do teh stunts, but this is a Movie, if he gets into an accident, delay and cost

@Bedrockbrendan Ай бұрын

The Bruce Lee stunt double has been known for years, and pretty widely I would say. I don't know a single fan who isn't aware of this. I remember the first time I saw enter the dragon each of those flips was pointed out to me as a stunt double (and this is going back decades when I first saw it)

@angelaarmie5789 3 ай бұрын

Even being wired over a moving train is sketch.

@Bedrockbrendan Ай бұрын

Having watched the video, I think it is a little harsh in its rebuke. These are things many people knew or guessed at (it is pretty well known Jackie Chan had a stunt team). I do think they heavily marketed it as him only doing his own stunts. But the more important thing is he still does many of them (including the one in the thumbnail). That they have other stunt men for the more dangerous ones, to test the waters or to get better angles to minimize risk, I don't think takes away from Jackie Chan's legacy. In terms of erasure of stunt men....I don't know. That is part of the job, filling in to make the actors look good. Jackie Chan started out as a stuntman himself and would have come up through that system. I think this is also somewhat downplaying how much danger the actors do put themselves in. Even if you are intersplicing footage of other stunt men doing jumps over trains like in the michelle yeoh footage, she is still in a lot of that footage and you have the outakes of her cracking her head on the pavement in the car scene. My view is it is good to lay out the truth and reality, and to give credit, but I could have done with a little less moralizing in the video (I like that your video gave us insight into what was actually going on with key stunts, I am not as keen on it telling us how to feel about that).