Don't see it. Still, you could do a lot worse than Chan. At least with him it would likely just be a case of miscasting rather than lack of enthusiasm or talent.
"I Really Want To Play Iron Man," Says Jackie Chan
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Jackie as Iron man wouldn't really work.
But him in any other marvel movie that would work.
Come on comic book geeks, there's got to be, at least, ONE superhero / villain that jackie can play. Find it. More importantly, film it.
Only one catch to it all, if he ends up playing a villain, there goes to happy ever after ending, for the hero's that is.
Just because of this topic, i looked this up.
That's some painful stuff
But him in any other marvel movie that would work.
Come on comic book geeks, there's got to be, at least, ONE superhero / villain that jackie can play. Find it. More importantly, film it.
Only one catch to it all, if he ends up playing a villain, there goes to happy ever after ending, for the hero's that is.
Just because of this topic, i looked this up.
That's some painful stuff
Soooo, Wong Feihung (name butchering, ahoy!) in power armor?
Fuck. I'm scared. I'm genuinely terrified for my life, right now.
Drunken boxing + Tony Stark's palm repulsor beams = HOLY SHIT, THE MURDERS. THE FUCKING MURDERS.
He'd punch your face in and reduce it to ashes and bloody char-broiled giblets in one go.
Fuck. I'm scared. I'm genuinely terrified for my life, right now.
Drunken boxing + Tony Stark's palm repulsor beams = HOLY SHIT, THE MURDERS. THE FUCKING MURDERS.
He'd punch your face in and reduce it to ashes and bloody char-broiled giblets in one go.
I think this is more about his acting style than anything else. Also, it's one thing to change a characters race in the transition from comic to film, but a different story when you're having a role transfer from one actor to another within a single continuity. That said, we should at least give him a short film or something. That'd be sweet.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
Not Iron Man... Iron FIST!!! That would be awesome... Team up with Power Man aka Luke Cage. That would be awesome... now who would be Luke Cage?
It has alot to do with consistency in the cinematic universe.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
Changing a character's nationality between movies, no matter how good a replacement for the actor, would harm the image of the character.
If anyone has actually seen Chinese Zodiac they will know that movie was so miserably awful and so crammed full of effects, camera skips and stunt doubles...Jackie is no longer an action hero and the only person in denial of that is Jackie himself. The man must be blind to how much slower he's become over the years, you simply can't stay as agile as you were 20-30 years ago dammit.
Being an action hero was really Jackie's only identity, the man can only act good enough to get the job done. The only movies that came remotely close to showing his deeper/emotional side were Karate Kid and Shinjuku Incident (which received mixed reviews). And this is coming from one of the most obsessive Jackie Chan fans of all time, I've seen every single movie he possibly featured in and loved his charisma and action scenes. But action + stunts was the only string to Jackie's bow and he can no longer do the "action", so what does that leave him with? Acting really hasn't been one of his strong points.
In Shanghai Knights and New Police Story he still had a bit of zip in his moves but those were basically the last good action movies where he was enjoyable to watch. Every movie since then has either involved him staying away from action (e.g. Karate Kid) or being just plain awful (Medallion, Tuxedo, Spy Next Door, Forbidden Kingdom, etc).
As for Jackie Chan as Iron Man - HAHAHAHA, NOT A FUCKING CHANCE. He'll have better luck trying out for Green Lantern.
Being an action hero was really Jackie's only identity, the man can only act good enough to get the job done. The only movies that came remotely close to showing his deeper/emotional side were Karate Kid and Shinjuku Incident (which received mixed reviews). And this is coming from one of the most obsessive Jackie Chan fans of all time, I've seen every single movie he possibly featured in and loved his charisma and action scenes. But action + stunts was the only string to Jackie's bow and he can no longer do the "action", so what does that leave him with? Acting really hasn't been one of his strong points.
In Shanghai Knights and New Police Story he still had a bit of zip in his moves but those were basically the last good action movies where he was enjoyable to watch. Every movie since then has either involved him staying away from action (e.g. Karate Kid) or being just plain awful (Medallion, Tuxedo, Spy Next Door, Forbidden Kingdom, etc).
As for Jackie Chan as Iron Man - HAHAHAHA, NOT A FUCKING CHANCE. He'll have better luck trying out for Green Lantern.
Yeah... no. Sorry Jackie... but eh.. RDJ has nailed it as Tony Stark. I don't think you'd have a prayer of coming close to that performance.
Other characters? Fuck it.. if works, whatever. I don't know enough about any other superheroes to say yay or nay, but I'd prefer new faces to actors already in the buis... especially ones that have been in it as long as Chan has.
Other characters? Fuck it.. if works, whatever. I don't know enough about any other superheroes to say yay or nay, but I'd prefer new faces to actors already in the buis... especially ones that have been in it as long as Chan has.
With the growing movie industry in China I think having Chan fight along side the Avengers would actually be good for US/China relations. The US population might not see it this way, but the Chinese might perceive it as a symbol of cohesion between our people.
I love you.Manthraxx said:
Jackie Chan is talented at Kung Fu but he is a hopeless actor. He can only play one role. Whether this is by ability or choice I am not sure. But I suspect it is the later. He is very conscious of making a 'good guy' image to CHINESE audiences. And has said on multiple occasions 'fuck the west/America'. He doesn't respect the source material at all and just thinks it is a good gig to make him relevant again.
As long as it's a separate entity from the current marvel movies. This would be awesome to watch, but I'm still expecting more Robert Downey Jr. Ironman.