[eozoon]

FWIW, no one use his "real name" even here in HK. He has a chinese pseudonym that most people use, but even Jackie Chan is much more widely known/used than his actual legal name. That was kinda like calling 50 cents "Curtis James Jackson III".

[trompetenaccoun]

He's also known as 'traitor' in Hong Kong, that's his second name.

[eozoon]

And being a general pos, horrible husband/father amongst other things... I usually bit my tongue when westerners fanboy about him since I don't want to be the party pooper but yeah, we don't really like him here. The blooper reels were neat, but that was a common feature in HK action films at the time and not really about integrity, since I don't think the audience were expected to believe any of the action were real.

[daqhris]

I'm not a westerner fanboy of his. I am a black African. Met him and worked next him on a movie set in early 2016.

I've never seen a major actor act out in the good interest of a black foreigner, inexperienced in film, speaking unoptimal mandarin.

My encounters with him were mainly professional, in the span of 6 months. Hard for me to judge his character in a bad way. He might an overworker who shoulders the image of an entire nation's film industry. But he is success is well-earned. His later alignment with the CCP during the HK protests angered me a bit. But I had my fair share of unfair treatment by the CCP. I know they can be cruel. But Jackie is no bad boy, I swear.

[eozoon]

Good to know he was professional people he work with - for what it is worth, I am not saying he is not good at what he does, and whatever personal shortcomings he might have, it's not about his work.

That's why I usually hold my tongue when people praise his work, there's no reason his personal believes should affect people's enjoyment of his work (I'd do the same for people enjoying Orson Scott Card's books, for example). I only bought it up in response to someone else mentioning it.

That said, his weird political stance is not a new thing, and not under duress from the CCP. He had been saying things like "freedom is not good for Chinese people" "Chinese people need to be controlled" since around 2009.

[ManuelKiessling]

Well, the action WAS real, that's the point, no?

[ddeck]

Context:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxqkn5/heres-why-jackie-chan...