Michelle Yeoh gets a shoutout in Jackie Chan's controversial memoirs

Jackie Chan's new memoirs reveals infidelity and the stories behind his dangerous stunts. Photo: Reuters

Jackie Chan: The Movie might initially seem like a stretch for the martial arts living legend, now 64.

But this life story, as told in the star's impossibly colourful memoir Never Grow Up, would have Charles Dickens speed dialling Chan's film agent for movie rights -- with tales of Chan's impoverished youth (from age 6, enrolled in the abusive China Drama Academy), lost loves, undying ambition fuelled by his insecurity over his upbringing, true bravery and eventual glory.