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Spectacular Stunt Injuries Of Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan who was born on 7 April 1954 is an actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
Jackie Chan who was born on 7 April 1954 is an actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
Jackie Chan has a versatile and painful career, He has been acting since the 1960s, performing in more than 150 films. He is one of the most popular action film stars of all time. The Man from Hong Kong is the most widely active stuntman in the world.
Here we listed some of the most spectacular stunt injuries he had sustained while on the set of movies;
1. Skull Fracture “Armour of God” (1986)
2. Eye Injury “Drunken Master” (1978)
Most people would have given up on the whole “becoming an action star” thing after nearly losing an eye, but not Mr.Chan! While he was working on the seminal 1978 comedic kung-fu film “Drunken Master,” Chan sustained an injury to the ridge of his brow and as a result, nearly lost his eye!
Thankfully he didn’t lose his eyes, completing the film and subsequently going on to make dozens more. It’s scary to think that the world was almost deprived of decades worth of Jackie Chan!
3. Electric Shock, Burned Hands, Broken Vertebrae, etc…“Police Story” (1985)
Jackie Chan sustained a list of injuries while working on “Police Story”. First, he fell from a second-story window and landed directly on his back. That earned him a couple of broken vertebrae. Then, during the infamous pole slide escape scene, in which he slides down a pole covered in Christmas lights, Chan suffered an electric shock, second and third-degree burns on his hands as well as numerous cuts from shards of glass and dislocated his pelvis.
Apparently, the lights had been improperly rigged, resulting in extremely high temperatures. The fact that he survived to make 5 more of these movies, is quite frankly astounding.
4. Knee Injury “City Hunter” (1993)
Damage to the knee was part of the everyday life of this fearless daredevil. Therefore, he has an unusual gait and difficulty in jumping.
By his own admission, he suffered the most severe knee injury during the filming of “City Hunter” (1993). It was due to a chase on skateboards to see when Ryu Saeba (Jackie Chan) is driven by a group of young men in the building and the flowing traffic.
5. Shoulder injury “Police Story 3″ (1992)
In Police Story 3, Jackie Chan was supposed to dodge an approaching fluttering helicopter. However, the aircraft struck him on the right shoulder.
Chan ripped his shoulder muscles and remained hanging until he was rescued by the crew. A year later while filming for “City Hunter”, he dislocated his shoulder.
6. Nose injury “Mr Nice Guy” (1997)
While in the middle of filming “Mr Nice Guy”, Jackie Chan again had an injury to his nose. The nose is a popular target for hostile fighters.
7. Foot injury “Rumble in the Bronx” (1994)
While filming Rumble in the Bronx, Jackie broke his ankle jumping from a bridge to a hovercraft. He was told not to walk on his injured ankle, but Jackie didn’t want to stop the shooting so he designed special sneakers to cover the broken ankle to show everything was normal.
8. Chin Injury “ Dragon Lord” (1982)
Jackie injured his chin during a stunt, which made it difficult to say his lines and direct the film.
9. Head Injury “Hand of Death” (1975)
Without proper medical treatment, head injuries can lead to chronic issues or even death. Jackie Chan suffered one of his worst injuries on the set of Hand of Death when he leapt off a truck and hit his head on the way down. Before the injury could fully set in, he repeated the jump a second time before passing out for one hour.
10. Back Injury “Project A” (1983)
One of the most cringe-worthy of Chan’s injuries occurred on the set of Project A during the clock tower fight sequence. Chan manages to make his way outside of the clock tower, where he’s forced to hang on for dear life from one of the clock’s hands.
When he loses his grip, he plunges straight down through two cloth rooftops and lands on the ground. Chan did the stunt twice but was unhappy with the result. The third attempt proved painful when he landed directly on his neck, nearly breaking it. Miraculously, he not only survived but stayed in character and finished the scene.