Jackie Chan announced on Friday that he’s retiring from action movies.
The stunt expert and international icon revealed the news while promoting what he says will be his final action flick, Chinese Zodiac, at the Cannes Film Festival.
“This is my last action film,” he told members of the press. “I tell you, I’m not young anymore. I’m really, really tired.”
Chan also explained, “The world is too violent right now… I like action, but I don’t like violence.”
But that doesn’t mean he’s leaving behind his acting career.
“I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro,” said Chan, adding, “I don’t just want to be an action star, I want to be a true actor. I want to get rid of my image.”
Chan wrote, produced, directed and choreographed the fight sequences for Chinese Zodiac, which, apparently, will cap an astonishing action career that saw Chan go from a stuntman on Bruce Lee movies to international stardom in his own right.
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