?They Had Been Eaten by Leopards?: Martial Arts Legend Jackie Chan Once Recalled a ?Terrifying? Shooting Experience in a Small Village

Given his influence in the martial arts world, one can easily say that Jackie Chan has been responsible for bringing together martial art and entertainment in Hollywood. The icon mastered the art of Kung Fu along with introducing a new genre of movies in Hollywood. Throughout his successful career, the Asian actor acted in several successful Hollywood movies. In fact, in the late 90s, Jackie Chan was quite popular with films like “Rush Hour” and “Who Am I”.

In his autobiography “Never Grow Up”, Chan talked about his experience while shooting for the film Who Am I. While shooting often brings challenges, Jackie faced a terrifying experience. For this movie, he had to film some scenes in the wild. However, he later had to bring in bodyguards while shooting.

Jackie Chan on his terrifying experience of shooting:

While shooting at a location near Johannesburg, Jackie Chan recounted how he had to film some scenes in the wild. Since the location was near a village, Jackie soon began interacting with the villagers. The creators of the film even invited local folks to act as extras in the movie. They gathered animals, like chickens and goats, to film certain scenes. However, things took a turn for the worse when they discovered some animals had gone missing at the end of the day.

Upon inquiring, the locals revealed the animals disappeared because of wild leopards around the shoot location. This was enough to spook the entire crew, including Jackie. He recalled in his book,?“By the time we finished, many of the chickens and goats had gone missing. The locals told us they had been eaten by leopards.”. This prompted Jackie to keep bodyguards on set at all times.

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The star also described how shooting conditions were difficult in Africa. While the problems ranged from scarce toilets to general limitations of shooting in a desert, nothing topped leopard attacks. However, the shoot was successful, and Jackie successfully made the movie.

This also shows that creative projects come with a series of obstacles. However, the determination of stars like Jackie Chan helps in a successful run.

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Had it not been for any other movie star, do you think they could have filmed the movie in such scenarios? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.