By KBC Associate :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/jackie-chan-and-Jackie-Chan-and-Chris-Tucker-in-Rush-Hour-060325-655f401f62b0472caa0e5e89480c0412.jpg?ssl=1 "Jackie Chan Says He Understood ‘Nothing’ Chris Tucker Said During First ‘Rush Hour’ Movie")
NEED TO KNOW
- Jackie Chan is making a shocking confession about filming Rush Hour
- Chan revealed that he didn’t understand what his costar Chris Tucker was saying while making the 1998 movie
- “I asked my dialect coach, ‘What did he say?’ He speaks so fast!” Chan recalled
When Chris Tucker asked Jackie Chan in Rush Hour, “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?,” it appears it applied to real life as well.
When Chan stopped by the Tuesday, June 3, episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, alongside his Karate Kid: Legends costars Ralph Macchio and Ben Wang, Clarkson asked him if it was during Rush Hour that the actor learned to get accustomed to fast-paced English.
“The whole movie, I don’t know what Chris Tucker’s saying,” he began. “Not a clue.”
Chan, 71, then explained that in “every shot” his dialogue was “different” because of how much he struggled to understand. “My dialogue coach sits right behind the camera,” he continued. “Every scene, every shot, different dialogue.”
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The American Idol alum, 43, then asked Chan if he ever outright admitted he had trouble understanding during an improv moment, to which Chan responded, “Yes.”
“I asked my dialect coach, ‘What did he say?’ He speaks so fast!” Chan explained.
Chan said he ultimately learned English by listening to country music, as the songs are slower.
Chan’s revelation about the first Rush Hour film comes after he ranked his favorite films in the Rush Hour trilogy.
“I don’t know. You know what, the first one: little money, little time,” Chan told Buzzfeed of the original 1998 movie. “We shot it like, ‘Go, go, go, go!’ The second one: a lot of money, a lot of time. The third one: too much money, too much time.”
“Too much money is no good,” Chan added.
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Rush Hour was one of the most popular movies released in 1998 and received positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. The film centers around detective James Carter (played by Tucker) teaming up with a decorated Hong Kong-based detective named Lee (Chan) to help find his friend’s missing daughter.
As for the possibility of a Rush Hour 4, Chan said during a December 2022 appearance at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia that he was “talking” about it.
Karate Kid: Legends was released in theaters on May 30.