-- The Disciple --
Come June, the much anticipated successor to Jackie Chan will be announced in Beijing. Yesterday, Jackie Chan showed up at Wendu Water City, Beijing to officiate the launching of the finals of
The Disciple
, a worldwide talent show produced by
Beijing TV Station
in conjunction with Jackie Chan, which will be airing on Beijing TV every weekend from April 5 to June 7.
The 16 finalists, who have been undergoing gruelling trainings under the guidance of JC Stunt Team's Alan Wu and He Jun at the well equipped Water City Training Facility, will compete against each other in various fields, including explosion scenes, high-altitude wire-suspension, gunplay, car stunts, diving, obstacles course, etc.
"When Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, etc. are shooting action scenes, you have to teach them on the set how to protect themselves against fire, about explosions, etc. When working with Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Jing Chu et al, you also have to spent inordinate amount of time explaining the moves to them step by step, it's very, very time consuming. So, my successor must be one with genuine martial arts ability." Jackie Chan explains the urgency to look for successor(s), and hopes that through the help of TV network, he would find one with great martial arts skills, who can act and is well-disciplined.
Jackie Chan says that he already has a script ready, "The champion will be given the leading role, I will also pick a handful from the top 100 contestants to join JC Stunt Team. I will teach them everything, treat them like my brothers or kids." Apart from He Ping, Wu Yue?and Cheng Pei Pei who are the regular judges, Stanley Tong, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao etc will take turn to sit on the panel.?
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