Jet Li is back doing Chinese-language films after almost 2 years in Hollywood productions, including those films which he co-produced such as “The Forbidden Kingdom” and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”.
Li also took a break from making movies since mid last year to spend his time doing charity works. He only accommodated a supporting role in Sylvester Stallone’s powerhouse cast movie “The Expendables” and a guest appearance in “The Founding of a Republic” with Jackie Chan in celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of the Republic of China.
For the first time, Li will be seen in a movie not doing Kung Fu, instead Li stars in a family drama where he portrays a father caring for his autistic son in “Ocean Paradise”. Wen Zhang, a rising Chinese actor, will play as his son while Kwai Lun Mei cameos as a circus clown who met the two during a performance in Qingdao.
Is Jet Li making a permenant switch to dramas?
Ocean Paradise is a directorial debut of Chinese screenwriter Xue Xiao-lu and the storyline was taken from his personal experiences. Li can also relate to the film as he had met some autistic children when he was doing charity work in the recent years.
They started shooting the film just last month (September). Ocean Paradise is scheduled for release in spring 2010 and will be distributed in China and Hongkong by Edko films.
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i think jet is taking the kinda roles that jackie chan is doing now… more dramas… i understand chan doing it has hes 55 years old. but isnt jet like 10 years younger?? maybe he is just sick of doing kung fu movies.. id love him to star in one more shaolin temple film.
Age catches up on all of us , So it doesnt suprise me that Li is doing this role.
I heard that Li and Chan were planning one more movie together (not sure if this is gonna happene now though )
I do think that in serious roles Li's done a better job than Chan (more often than not Chan overacts when playing serious)
yeah i think jet is also better in a serious role also. if talking kung fu performance id choose chan. maybe not so much today though as like u said age catches up. id love one more film with them both but a traditional kung fu period piece both playing masters. also even though im signed in it still asks me to put my email and user name when posting. is that right?
does our beloved Jet still need to accept insignificant roles as in the expendables ?
I disagree actually.
I think the role in Expendables is very significant.
Expendables is Sly's attempt at bringing back the old school action films from the 80s. In order to do this he's actually gone out of his way to bring together as many action stars as possible for one film. I personally think its remarkable that he's been able to do this.
A shame Van Damme never made it (but o well
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Jet Li whilst a little outcast given the rest of the crew invovled will still make a valuable addition to the team and based on the trailer it seems as though he may have a bigger role than many originally thought.
Also worth mentioning that Jet Li is now picking his roles alot more carefully (less action roles now) , so the fact he accepted this role may be because he wanted to have a bit of fun in a action role onscreen one last time
it’s a proven fact that Jet can act quite well in serious roles too.And so he is reportedly switching to more dramas- hat’s very good.But still we need and want to see more realistic kungfu films from him really requiring his unbelieveable skills and performances; to prove that he is one of the bests in the world. am i wrong ?
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