USA: FILM STAR JACKIE CHAN RECEIVES A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME IN LOS ANGELES, AS HIS LATEST FILM "TUXEDO" IS RELEASED.

Record ID: 393101

  • Title: USA: FILM STAR JACKIE CHAN RECEIVES A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME IN LOS ANGELES, AS HIS LATEST FILM "TUXEDO" IS RELEASED.
  • Date: 4th October 2002
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 4, 2002) (REUTERS) WS/PAN: CROWD AT JACKIE CHAN WALK OF FAME CELEBRATION. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) WITH JACKIE CHAN AT HIS SIDE, HONORARY HOLLYWOOD MAYOR JOHNNY GRANT SAYING: "He is our man hero in the Boulevard doing a great job and Jackie, as the Mayor of Hollywood I hereby proclaim this Jackie Chan Day in Hollywood. Lad
  • Embargoed: 19th October 2002 13:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment,General
  • Reuters ID: LVA943GEZESL7634NQK37GX5PLHY
  • Story Text: Martial arts action star Jackie Chan received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday (October 4) neatly dovetailing with the recent release of his latest film, "The Tuxedo."
    The Hong Kong-based actor, who has been making in-roads in the American cinema since the mid-1990s, was given the 2,205th star on the Walk of Fame, adjacent to the entrance to the Kodak Theater, the new home of the Oscars.
    Both self-deprecating and self-promotional, Chan averred, "I will make better movies, do the best I can for all of you. Thank you for all of your support, I will do the best I can. Love you all, please continue to support me. Thank you, thank you so much, thank you."
    Also on hand to fete the 48-year-old Chan were Brett Ratner, who directed him in the "Rush Hour" movies, and Owen Wilson, with whom he starred in 2000's "Shanghai Noon."
    When Chan, A veteran of well over 100 films, mostly made in Hong Kong, and a superstar in Asia, was asked what's next, he replied: "The Oscar."
    His new movie, "The Tuxedo," featuring Chan's trademark martial arts fighting and the comic sidekick his fans have come to expect in his Hollywood movies. But "Tuxedo" also adds something new for Chan -- romance -- in the form of Jennifer Love Hewitt. "The Tuxedo" has earned $28 million (USD) at the North American box office since its September 27 release.
    "Rush Hour" (1998) and "Rush Hour 2" (2001), in which he played a Hong Kong cop, raked in $245 million and $329 million, respectively, worldwide.
    "Shanghai Noon" (2000) a western in which Chan was a sort of bodyguard to an Asian princess alongside a reluctant gunslinger (Owen Wilson) was successful enough to spawn a sequel, "Shanghai Knights," due in theaters in February.
    But Chan has been around the movies and in Hollywood long enough to know that at 48 years old, his days of high kicks and death-defying stunts are nearing an end.
    For the past year, at least, he has been talking about changing his career and "The Tuxedo" is his first chance.
    In the movie, Chan portrays a lowly taxi driver named Jimmy Tong, a normal guy who is comfortable in a T-shirt and blue jeans and likes his job okay, but he has a hard time with the ladies and could use a little more cash in his pocket.
    When Tong lands a chauffeur's job for rich man-about-town Clark Devlin, who doubles as a secret agent for a super-secret government agency, CSA, he thinks he may now have the status, the cash and the clothes to score his dream date.
    Enter Hewitt, who shows up as fellow CSA agent Del Blaine, a geeky scientist looking for her first shot at field work. When agent Devlin is hurt in a bomb explosion -- a fact that remains unknown to the CSA -- Tong dons his bosses' gadget-filled tuxedo and finds he can to anything Devlin could. Quickly, he assumes Devlin's identity.
    He's got the sexy job and he's got a sexy suit. All he needs is the girl. That comes soon enough when Blaine and the new Tong (a.k.a. Devlin) pair up to catch a villain with a plot to monopolize the world's water supply, then make people thirsty.
    If the plot sounds goofy, it is. But "Tuxedo" is a Jackie Chan movie, after all. It's supposed to make audiences laugh.
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