Jackie Chan on why he rarely does American films: ‘They only cared about my English’


Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan stepped back from US showbiz in 2018 and has been working on Hong Kong films since. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong filmmaker-actor Jackie Chan recently appeared in a Chinese reality show, Memories Beyond Horizon, where he opened up about why he doesn’t do American films very often.

In the programme, the 68-year-old star expressed feeling insecure when he first started filming in the United States because he had yet to master the English language.

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