[2025.08.26] WITH A GOOD STORY JACKIE CHAN WOULD DEFINITELY RETURN TO HONG KONG FILM

Nicholas Tse helps with promoting SHADOW'S EDGE, and his disciple Chaney Lin thanks him on social media in return

Tony Leung Ka Fai and Jackie Chan share production highlight and reveal that they use a real knife in a very dangerous scene
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The 71 year old Jackie Chan says that he is fortunate to have film offers from many directors and many investors who are willing to invest, all of whom keep him away from retirement

Jackie Chan, mainland actor Zhou Zhengjie (left) and JUN

Tony Leung Ka Fai cannot hide his excitement at the Macau premiere
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* (2025/08/26) Support Leung Ka-fai to win "Best Action Newcomer" Jackie Chan Michelle Yeoh will shoot a new drama in Hong Kong next year Hong Kong Wen Wei Po Entertainment 2025-08-26 Jackie Chan suddenly stepped down from the stage and high-fived the audience "Chasing the Wind" Macau premiere set off a craze Jackie Chan suddenly stepped down from the stage and high-fived the audience "Chasing the Wind" Macau premiere set off a craze Hong Kong Wenwei News (Reporter Liang Jingyi, Photography Sun Jiawei) Jackie Chan (Big Brother) and Tony Leung Ka Fai collaborated again on the movie THE SHADOW'S EDGE (BO FUNG JUI YING) after 20 years. On the night before, together with director Larry Yang Zi, Korean boy band Seventeen members Jun Moon Junhui and Zhou Zhengjie attended the premiere in Macau and attracted many fans. Jackie Chan even went to the audience and high-fived the fans outside the venue, and some female fans even successfully got photos with him. Jackie Chan praised Leung Ka Fai for his outstanding performance and could win the "Best New Action Performer Award" next year. He also revealed that he will collaborate with Oscar Best Actress Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi Wai) in a new film in Hong Kong next year, and hoped to have the opportunity to work with Maggie Cheung Man Yuk again.

That night, a group of actors entered the theater to thank the audience. Away from the Hong Kong media for a long time, Jackie Chan talked about interesting filming anecdotes and future filming plans. After 20 years he collaborated with Leung Ka Fai again, Jackie Chan said that the two had a very strong personal relationship and the professional chemistry remained still the same, but the most difficult thing instead was the large number of professional terms in the dialogue. The seventh generation of Jackie Chan's apprentices the JC Stunt Team designed the action scenes, and when shooting dramatic scenes Ka Fai would advise him up on the spot. The two often advised each other. Leung Ka Fai joked, "We were giving each other bad advice."

Jackie Chan joked that he was also shocked to learn that Leung Ka Fai was going to shoot an action scene. When asked if Ka Fai had potential in making action scenes? Jackie Chan said with a smile, "I think at the next Hong Kong Film Awards, he can win the 'Best New Action Performer Award'." Ka Fai said that it was an honor to be praised by Jackie Chan, but he also joked, "We just go out to dinner occasionally, we don't talk!" He also praised Jackie Chan for teaching newcomers by word and deed, which was very rare in the film industry.

Playing the villain in the film, Ka Fai needed to stab Jackie Chan with a real knife. During the shoot they both insisted on personally performing the stunt. Jackie Chan admitted that he was "of course scared", but he could not be scared because of the shot was one take to the end. "Ka Fai stabbed at my eye at first, I told him not to be afraid, no problem no problem, because if he was scared he wouldn't dare to do it again." Ka Fai praised Jackie Chan's action movies as impeccable, because he always pursued realism and never needed a double to go into battle. Jackie Chan said, "Before filming we had a meeting with the director to study the way to fight, we try to fight ourselves as soon as we can, and fight in live action instead of using AI technology. We will go back to being more traditional."

Ka Fai praised Jackie Chan's rapid progress in dramatic performance in the past ten years, thanked him for leading him to break through the boundaries of acting, allowing him to take a step forward and move towards tomorrow. He laughed and said that he and Jackie Chan "are 138 years old together" and already eligible for the JoyYou card, but he still hoped to make progress with Jackie Chan.

When would he start work Hong Kong films? Jackie Chan admitted that many subjects have already been made before, then he has been unable to think of new subjects to be shot in Hong Kong. When he went to other places to shoot, a lot of inspiration would come out. He was not a young intellectual director type like Ann Hui On Wa, as his first thought would be all about fighting. If a director could come up with a good Hong Kong story, he would definitely make it. He announced that the script for the sequel to SHADOW'S EDGE was already in preparation. Leung Ka Fai's role will be "imprisoned". When asked if Leung Ka Fai would participate, he said with a smile that it would depend on Jackie Chan's schedule. If Big Brother would ask, he would definitely cooperate "Anytime, Anywhere".

Would Jackie Chan consider the challenge of climbing atop the Kai Tak Stadium for a film location? He bluntly said that applying for filming in Hong Kong would be difficult, filming in other places would be smoother. Leung Ka Fai also hoped to make it happen. "You can consider me holding my first concert down there, and while you shoot your first action movie on it?"

This year is Jackie Chan's 64th year in the industry. Earlier he was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" Honorary Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. He lamented, "Only when I received the award did I realize how old I am. I never would have guessed that my past contributions, pain, injuries and persistence would be rewarded several decades later. Now many people are still talking about PROJECT A, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, so I have to thank the past me. (How would you celebrate?) What is there to celebrate! For me, it's extra."

Jackie Chan revealed that he will participate in the filming of a number of Chinese and American films next year. Would he ever retire? He admitted that he would not want to retire. "In the past ten years I have been looking for breakthroughs in my acting journey, hoping that the audience will recognize me as not only an action star but also an actor who can handle dramas and comedy. I am very grateful for the support of investors, directors and screenwriters. As long as investors approach me, I will keep making movies." He also revealed that he expected to lead the team back to Hong Kong to shoot a new film next year, and invited Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King) to collaborate. Speaking of Maggie Cheung Man Yuk being active in Red Note, would he want to work with her again? He admitted that of course he would like to given the opportunity, but the decision was not up to him. He also congratulated Leung Ka Fai on becoming a grandfather again.

When asked about their feelings about working with Jackie Chan and Leung Ka Fai, Zhou Zhengjie and Wen Junhui thanked the two elders for their care and praised the pleasant atmosphere on the set. Wen Junhui revealed that his mother was a Jackie Chan fan, so she told him to study martial arts scenes. He specifically mentioned that Big Brother would carefully remove the belt buckle for fight scenes, which Jackie Chan praised for his meticulous observation. Zhou Zhengjie said that it was his first time filming an action scene, and the most memorable thing was that Big Brother personally taught him to "the first lesson of learning to fight is to learn to take a beating". Jackie Chan even said that if he were to film a new film in Hong Kong, he would be willing to work with this group of young actors again. However they would have to speak Cantonese.