Jackie Winst Best Choreography at HK Film Awards
The Hong Kong Film Awards recently took place, and Jackie won the category of best action choreography. While other action films weren’t as prominent, I think this award was well-deserved. I mean, the man was 58 when he did this film, and he can move better than people half his age.
Jackie also wrote a special message about his award on his website:
Many years ago, I remember my dad saying to me, “Don’t just be an action star; you need to be a good actor because you can’t continue to do action when you’re 60. But a good actor can act for many many years.”
I still remember those words very clearly, and it’s also my motivation to achieve my goal. After the Huading Awards ceremony several nights ago, CZ12 (aka Chinese Zodiac) also won Best Action Choreography at the prestigious Hong Kong Film Awards last night. My stunt team partner, He Jun, received the award with me on stage, and on the stage he thanked all the past and present Jackie Chan Stunt Team members and brothers who are now located all over the world. When I heard him say that, I felt so emotional because over the many years, the Jackie Chan stunt team has accompanied me throughout the continents around the world. They’ve helped bring out the spirit of Chinese martial arts and demonstrated professional discipline to the world. No matter how long I decide to continue with doing action, the spirit of martial arts will remain and will be handed down to future generations.
Right now, what I really want to say to my dad is that I started from not knowing any martial arts to all the acting I’ve done up until now, I haven’t let you down and I haven’t let my fans down! I want to share this award with all the action stars out there!
I think that Jackie easily deserved this recognition and he worked his butt off for it. While the movie may not have been as amazing as we all hoped, it still has some creative and awesome fights. Case in point:
Congrats to Jackie and the team! If this is indeed Jackie’s last big action film, it’s the icing on the cake, for sure!
