Jackie Chan speaks of 'Karate Kid’

In this new installment anecdote mom and son traveling away from home resumes, son falls for a girl and then begins prohibited training to face a sports tournamentAs a child, Jackie Chan kung fu studied not just because I did not win but, things in life, in a week you will look like a teacher of the art in the remake of Karate Kid.

The film portrays Mr. They have, a mature man who helps (and in the eighties version made by Pat Morita) a teenager (Jaden Smith) fend off a group of boys who treats him violently.

"I do not look kindly kung fu, but when I started making films I realized that this discipline is not to hurt people but to help, so it looks good for the film ", Chan account, during the promotion of the film in this city.

In this new installment anecdote mom and son traveling away from home resumes, this time to China; son falls for a girl and then begins prohibited training to face a sports tournament.

Jaden Smith, who plays Dre Parker (the role played by Ralph Macchio ago 25 years old), he underwent training kung fu three months before shooting. And on set who learned, dice, is the best: Chan.
"I saw many films of Jackie and copied some of his moves. Daily taught me things, like the right time to enter the scene. We practice daily kug fu and was always there with me ", recalls the son of Hollywood star Will Smith.

The boy 12 years is not new in cinema, it already had stakes in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “The Pursuit of Happyness”, the aldo of his famous dad, who produced this film.

Some similarities

The viewer can be sure that the new Karate Kid movie tries to have its own identity. If the first is famous sequence waxing, sanded and painted to learn the martial art, now used something that everyone has at home: a jacket.

"And boy was boring!", Jaden said to refer to the exercise that makes his character donning and doffing the garment to achieve agility in the arms, and his mind portray the movements that will make a competitive player according to the story.

The film's director, Dutch Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks and The Pink Panther 2), explains:

"Of course there are references to the previous film, but this we did something so it would be consistent with the 2010. He moved from the US to China because ultimately it is also pays homage to the culture, it is very interesting ".

The script was given by Christopher Murphey, who is only in his career another work called The unsaid, who was starring Andy Garcia.

"The key for anyone in contact with films that have already been made is sure to pay tribute, and that's fine, but also have to find something that is commensurate with the times ", Black Dice.

One of the similarities between the old and the new version is the romantic relationship that engages Jaden Smith with a girl her age, what triggers the plot. The young actor gave, further, your first kiss scene. "Wenwen Han (actress) began to get nervous when we were going to film, and then I told him not to worry, that all would be well. I think kiss good ", Jaden jokes.

And if the public wants to know the differences between the old and the new version of Karate Kid, enough to see the end of the film.
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Karate Kid was filmed on location in Beijing and even the Great Wall. It also hosted the Shaolin Wushu School of Beijing, where they filmed almost 500 students while training.

This film represented the return of Jackie Chan, of 56 years old, to their country of origin. He says that when he proposed be the master in the remake of Karate Kid did not think twice, but that it was strange being on set filming and not make as many stunts, as it has done in films from the likes of “Rush Hour” or ” The Smoking”.

"Can we have a culture thousands of years old, but sometimes people only know the wall and you. This film will serve to learn a bit of Chinese culture and martial arts ", says the actor excited.

It could be said that if a child did not like the kung fu, Adult has not only taken advantage of the characteristics of this sport to be in pictures, but now supports the promotion of this martial art and the country that created it. Facts of Life. "At the beginning of the movie my character thinks only about helping a child, but ultimately, his life is also transformed, as I believe I happened ", concludes the actor.
Fuente:Informador.com

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