Chan jokes singing puts him above rival Hung
Speaking at the Locarno Film Festival recently, the 71-year-old Hong Kong superstar claimed that he had no other peer in the filmmaking industry apart from Hung when it came to writing, directing, acting and coordinating stunts.
'However I am more talented because I can sing,' Chan quipped.
Chan, who was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the festival, said his master had once asked him if he was planning to continue doing stunts when he was 60.
'I'm 71 years old now but I can still fight,' Chan said, adding that he would not have been able to continue doing this without the support from fans and the industry.
Hung and Chan had the same master when training at the China Drama Academy.
Using his connections, the master helped the two break into the film industry as stuntmen which kickstarted their careers.
> Everyone thought a man was pulling a prank when he offered anyone in need a stack of 20,000 yuan (RM11,774) in cash at a wet market in Zhuji city, Zhejiang. Police confirmed that the money was real, reported Sin Chew Daily.
'There is a total of 20,000 yuan. If you need it, come take some,' he was filmed saying.
When a passer-by asked if the cash was real, he replied, 'It is real, but no one has dared to take them yet.'
Video of the incident went viral online, sparking a debate on whether it was a hoax or if it was a prank.
According to police, the man, a regular in the area, was mentally unstable.
However, this was the first time he had brought a stack of cash to the wet market to be given away.
Police sent him home and urged family members to watch over him more carefully to prevent a similar incident from happening.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
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