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Jackie Chan has always been a hard-working actor. Be it acting, singing, or life-threatening stunts- the 69-year-old actor does it all by himself. A martial artist and a fabulous actor, Chan has bagged several top-notch roles in numerous blockbuster movies and has established a firmly reputed and respected position in the industry. Whatever the situation may be, theRush Houractor isn’t one to give up or back down. Instead, he tries harder.
That’s exactly what he did for his 2002,The Tuxedowhen the director told him that the song he had been training for for 3 months wasn’t exactly good enough and that they were going to change it.
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Jackie Chan’s 3 Months Of Training All Went To Waste
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This happened when Chan had to train for singing a song like the lateJames Brownfor a scene in the movie. While the actor didn’t find singing a song or dancing to one difficult, shooting forThe Tuxedomade him realize that he had to sing an English song word by word and then dance simultaneously. This, certainly, wasn’t an easy task. But Jackie Chan wasn’t one to give up.
Instead, he made sure to train hard for three months until he finally got the hang of singing and dancing at the same time. However, right when he got familiar with the process, the director of the movie decided to change it. Recalling the incident, Chan said,
“Dancing. Okay. I like dancing, but I have to sing and remember every lyric! Every day I’m getting tired. We work on it for three months! I practice! At the end of the month, the producer came and said, ‘Jackie don’t feel bad, but we don’t like that song.’ So I learn another song, and we get along fine, and I do it in [the] movie. It turned out pretty good.”
Just like that, at one command of the director, Jackie Chan’s three months’ worth of training all went to waste. And yet, he agreed to practice for a different song and ended up giving his best.
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Jackie Chan’s Role InThe Tuxedo
Although the storyline ofThe Tuxedois rather absurd, Jackie Chan agreed to play it. He portrays the character of James Tong, who is a chauffeur of a secret government agent, and who later inherits his boss’s top-secret project after he dies.
Now, here’s the fun part: the top-secret project is actually a high-tech suit of armor that looks like a tuxedo that can manipulate the limbs of the person wearing it, making them a super-spy action hero. What’s funnier is that the tuxedo can also make its wearer dance, the reason why Chan had to practice for 3 months for singing and dancing simultaneously to a song.
Despite being slightly ridiculous, the movie had a fun side to it, judging by how Jackie Chan was the one playing the lead. And thanks to the same reason, the movie was widely loved by fans and became another name in the list of Jackie Chan’s superhit movies of all time.
You can watchThe Tuxedo (2002)on Pluto TV.
Source:Slash Film
Mahin Sultan
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Mahin Sultan is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, where she brings a fresh perspective to entertainment news. Having been in the field for over 3 years now, she has already written more than 2,000 articles across a variety of niches, from entertainment to health and fashion. This diverse experience has allowed her to quickly build a solid foundation and a deep understanding of the industry.
