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Jason Statham Praises Sylvester Stallone, Remains Coy on "Expendables"Details
When it was announced last week that Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, and Jason Statham would star in a movie called "The Expendables", my colleague Elisabeth Rappe wondered if it was the most ridiculously badass cast ever assembled.
You know who else w...
Stallone to star in 'Expendables'
Sylvester Stallone is set to star in and helm "The Expendables" for Nu Image/Millennium Films.
Stallone, who also penned the script, will be joined onscreen by Jason Statham, while Jet Li is in final negotiations to join the actioner.
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Jason Statham Praises Sylvester Stallone, Remains Coy on "Expendables"Details
When it was announced last week that Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, and Jason Statham would star in a movie called "The Expendables", my colleague Elisabeth Rappe wondered if it was the most ridiculously badass cast ever assembled.
You know who else w...
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Stallone to star in 'Expendables'
Sylvester Stallone is set to star in and helm "The Expendables" for Nu Image/Millennium Films.
Stallone, who also penned the script, will be joined onscreen by Jason Statham, while Jet Li is in final negotiations to join the actioner.
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'The Mummy 4' Will Probably Be a Thing (SPOILER ALERT)
Is critical lambasting and moderate attendance by bored audiences who already saw Batman considered "reponding well"? Because if it is, director Rob Cohen warns there will be a fourth Mummy, and that would be terrible. From MTV (Mummy 3 spoiler al...
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Olympic boost for Mummy blockbuster?
As all eyes turn to Beijing for the Olympics, the third instalment of the successful Mummy films offers its own take on China - swapping Egyptian Pyramids for the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
So is the timing a coincidence? Or are the filmmakers hop...
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Filmography
- The Forbidden Kingdom (2008),The Monkey King/ Silent Monk
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008),Emperor Han
- War (2007),Rogue
- The Warlords (2007),Ma Xinyl
- Jet Li's Fearless (2006),Huo Yuanjia
- Unleashed (2005),Danny
- Hero (2004),Nameless
- Legend of Kung Fu Hero (2004)
- Cradle 2 the Grave (2003),Su
- Kiss of the Dragon (2001),Liu Jian
- The One (2001),Gabriel Yulaw/ Lawless/ Yulaw
- Romeo Must Die (2000),Han Sing
- Black Mask (1999),Tsui Chik
- Twin Warriors (1999),Han Sing
- The Defender (1999),Han Sing
- The Enforcer (1999)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998),Wah Sing Ku
- Satsau Chi Wong (1998),Fu
- Lord of the Wu Tang (1997)
- Once Upon a Time in China VI (1997),Wong Fei Hung
- Dr. Wai and the Scripture Without Words (1996)
- Fists of Legends 2: Iron Bodyguards (1996)
- Mouhim Wong (1996),Clown/ Dr Wai
- Meltdown (1995)
- The Enforcer (1995)
- Fist of Legend (1994)
- Jet Li's The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
- New Chinese Connection (1994)
- Once Upon a Time in China II (1994),Wong Fei-hung
- Once Upon a Time in China III (1994),Wong Fei-hung
- The Defender (1994)
- The New Legend of Shaolin (1994),Hong Xiguan
- The Tai Chi Master (1994)
- Twin Warriors (1993)
- The Fong Sai-Yuk II (1993),Fong Sai-yuk
- The Kung Fu Master (1993)
- The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk (1993),Fong Sai-yuk
- Last Hero in China (1992)
- Swordsman II (1992),Swordsman Ling
- Once Upon A Time In China (1991),Wong Fei-hung
- The Legend of the Swordsman (1991)
- Dragon Fight (1988)
- The Master (1988)
- Born To Defence (1986)
- Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
- Martial Arts of Shaolin (1985)
- Shaolin Temple 2: Kids From Shaolin (1983)
- The Shaolin Temple (1982)
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Won Chinese national championship in the acrobatic martial art wushu when he was 11; his prize was a trip to Washington D.C. to meet President Richard Nixon.
He studies English with a tutor for 4 hours a day.
Jet & wife Nina Li Chi became parents to a 6 lb. 13 oz. daughter, Jane. [19 April 2000]
Was originally cast in the role of the character Li Mu Bai in Ang Lee's martial arts blockbuster Wo hu cang long (2000) (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), but turned it down. The decision was prompted by a promise to his wife Nina Li Chi that he would not work while she was pregnant. The role of Li Mu Bai went to actor Yun-Fat Chow. Li said this himself during an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) promoting Kiss of the Dragon (2001).
Other than providing voice-overs for Kit Yun in Rise to Honor (2003) (VG), he also did the motion-capture for his fight scenes.
Injured his foot while escaping the tsunami that followed a 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Li and his four year old daughter were on vacation in the Maldives on December 26th, 2004. The two were in the lobby of their hotel when the wave came ashore. Scooping up his daughter and running for higher ground, a piece of furniture hit his foot, causing the injury.
Has claimed his upcoming martial arts film Huo Yuan Jia (2006) (Fearless) will be his last martial arts movie, and that he will concentrate on other matters in the future. One of those matters is apparently a documentary about Buddhism.
His Mandarin name is Li Lianjie. His Cantonese name is Lei Lin-Git (or Lee Lin-Kit).
Has played both real life legend Huo Yuan Jia (in Huo Yuan Jia (2006)) and his semi-fictional student Chen Zhen (in Jing wu ying xiong (1994)).
Sustained bruised ribs while filming the fight stunts with Anthony Anderson for Romeo Must Die (2000).
One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
Chinese Director Jing Wong worked with Jet on 4 films. They was: Last Hero in China (1993), Kung Fu Cult Master, (1993), The New Legend of Shaolin (1994) and High Risk (1995).
Worked with Chinese Director Tsui Hark on 4 films. This was: The Master (1989), Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in China 2, Once Upon a Time in China 3.
Has played both an attempted assassin of the First Emperor of China (in "Ying Xiong"), and the First Emperor of China. (In Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor).








