LOS ANGELES: Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan became the first Chinese to have his hands and feet cast in wet cement at Hollywood’s famed Chinese Theatre, alongside generations of Tinseltown icons.
He was joined by American actor Chris Tucker, his co-star from the Rush Hour movies, in the ceremony in the courtyard of the TCL Chinese Theatre, as hundreds of fans screamed from across Hollywood Boulevard.
Chan, who has starred in over 100 films and directed 20, recalled first coming to the then Grauman’s Chinese Theatre — it changed its name this year for sponsor Chinese company TCL — two decades ago, invited by film action hero Sylvester Stallone.
“Twenty years, ago, 1993 ... I was not on the red carpet, (I was) on the side, and I saw there are so many stars doing interviews. I had nothing to do. I was standing there looking around to see the handprints.
“I thought to myself, when will I have my own things? During all those years my dream (grew),” he said, before thanking his co-stars, TCL, and — to cheers from the crowd — “the fans around the world, you make my dream come true.”
The honour is considered even more exclusive than that of being given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the stretch of sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard lined with star-shaped plaques to entertainment greats.
Chinese tourist Haoyahh Wei, looking on, said: “He always makes the greatest movies in the world, and always has creative ideas to put in his new movies .. always has something fun to give to his fans.
AFP
