Did Jackie Chan use a stunt double in rush hour?

I used doubles in a few shots but I do over 90 per cent of my stunts. “But I think action for me is still easy. “Doing stunts us what I am best at.” However, the 'Rush Hour' actor also relies on special effects and “camera angles” to help him.
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Did Jackie Chan use stunt doubles?

Jackie Chan is known for doing his own stunts, although he does use stunt doubles for particularly perilous moves. Many of his stunts are dangerous; during the 1980s, on the set of Lung hing foo dai, Chan fractured his skull and impaired his hearing. He is also a stunt choreographer.
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Why does Jackie Chan have a stunt double?

A spokesman for Chan said Wednesday that the actor uses a stunt double on Hollywood productions because of insurance reasons but he that still performs his own stunts when making movies in Hong Kong.
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Did Jackie Chan really slide down a skyscraper?

If dropping off a fairly high clock tower wasn't enough, 15 years later Chan would do something even riskier. For Who Am I? he decided to slide down the exterior of the 25-storey Willemswerf building in Rotterdam.
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Did Jackie Chan almost fall off a building?

Chan suffered the worst injury of his career while filming a scene from the Hong Kong comedy Armour of God in 1986. As he jumped from a wall to a tree branch below, Chan missed the branch and fell head-first onto the ground, causing his skull to crack.
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How many bones does Jackie Chan has broken?

In total, Chan has roughly had 10 broken bones in his extensive career. According to Screen Rant, in Rumble in the Bronx, there is a scene where Chan jumps onto a hoverboard. In an end credit scene, it shows that Chan landed wrong, resulting in a broken ankle.
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Can Jackie Chan still do stunts?

At 66, Jackie Chan is far from retiring from dangerous stunts. As this scene from Chan's latest action film "Vanguard" shows, the actor is still taking on dangerous stunts like a Jet Ski chase scene in heavy rapids – which nearly drowned the legendary stuntman.
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Did Jackie Chan know Bruce Lee?

Bruce Lee made a handful of movies from 1971 and 1973, while Chan, who had a far different style and image, dominated the genre over the next three decades. While the two actors never co-starred in a picture, the two did meet — and the true story of how Chan met Lee is as charming as the actors themselves.
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Does Jackie Chan know kung fu?

Unlike other actor/singers, Jackie studied at an opera academy when he was little and learned singing alongside his kung fu lessons.
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Did Jackie Chan do his own stunts in bleeding steel?

HE might not be the steel ball of raw force he was, but at 62, Jackie Chan is still keen to do his own stunts — such as appearing to jump off the Sydney Opera House.
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Does Bruce Lee use a stunt double?

(Yuen Wah, who had studied at the China Drama Academy with Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-bo, was Lee's stunt double on Fist of Fury, and provided the northern-style martial arts acrobatics that the competition-trained Lee could not perform himself.)
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Does Donnie Yen use a stunt double?

No Stunt Double: Donnie Yen and every other prominent martial artist/actor perform the fights themselves in the films. Star-Making Role: The film series that made Donnie Yen's name much bigger internationally.
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What degree of black belt is Jackie Chan?

He is a Black Belt in Hapkido and trained in other Martial Arts styles such as Karate, Judo, Wushu Kung Fu Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do. He has been acting since the 1960s, appearing in over 150 films winning over 28 film awards for various achievements.
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Did Jackie Chan train Jaden Smith?

Chan, a veteran of martial arts movies and comedies including the smash hit “Rush Hour” flicks, said his stunt team trained Jaden for three months to do the fighting, and that the young boy proved adept at mastering all the right moves. “He's very, very good,” Chan told Reuters in a joint interview with Jaden.
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Who is a better fighter Jackie Chan or Jet Li?

Jet Li is a more accurate fighter than any other martial arts fighter in the world except Bruce Lee. Li is faster in his fighting style. But between them jet li would kick Jackie's ass. Jackie Chan is the best !
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Did Bruce Lee do his own stunts?

As a result, Bruce could not perform many of the aerial moves that he is famous for in Enter The Dragon, such as the forward flip in the O'Hara fight scene. Instead, stuntmaster Yuen Biao (who was also close friends with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung) performed these acrobatic moves.
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Do stunt doubles have insurance?

Insurance typically is available for Hollywood stunts, no matter the danger, but producers will compromise with insurers and steer clear of major risks because premiums can take an enormous bite out of film budgets, experts say.
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Did Mr T do his own stunts?

4 Does His Own Stunts: Tom Holland

“I did as many (of the stunts) as I could, but there are some things legally that I couldn't do,” he said to Comicbook. “There were stunt doubles who were all very, very talented guys who really supported me throughout the process.
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Who has broken the most bones?

The record for the most broken bones in a lifetime is held by Evel Knieval, the famous motorcycle stuntman, who sustained 433 fractures by the end of 1975, when he retired from major performances.
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What injuries has Jackie Chan?

While sliding down the pole, Chan suffered electrical shocks, burns on his hands, a fractured finger, an assortment of cuts, and an injured pelvic bone and vertebrae.
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How did Bruce Lee injured his back?

Bruce Lee Facts. FACT: Bruce Lee injured his back causing damage to his sacral nerve in 1970. The injury was due to overtraining and lifting too heavy during "Good Mornings", a weight training exercise, not during a fight as many people believe.
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What actor slid down a 25 story building in the movie Who am I?

Perhaps the most prolific living actor to perform his own stunts is Jackie Chan. Among other things, Chan has jumped off a balcony in a shopping centre (Police Story), climbed a clock tower (Project A) and slid down the Willemswerf building in Rotterdam – while 25 storeys high (Who Am I?).
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Where can I watch Jackie Chan who am I?

Watch Jackie Chan's Who Am I | Netflix.
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