{"id":121371,"date":"2017-10-04T05:56:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121371"},"modified":"2017-10-04T05:56:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T09:56:08","slug":"jackie-chan-feels-useless-in-wake-of-the-las-vegas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/04\/jackie-chan-feels-useless-in-wake-of-the-las-vegas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Chan feels ‘useless’ in wake of the Las Vegas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI hope through the movie (to) tell the people stop this kind of violent things,\u201d Chan said. (Photo: <\/a>\u6210\u9f8d Jackie Chan\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES\u2014 Jackie Chan wishes he could have used his iconic, on-screen martial\u00a0arts\u00a0skills to help those hurt at Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of young kids say ‘Jackie, you’re a superhero. You’re hero.’ I really want to be any superhero (so) I can fly around the world, save the people, beat up the bad people, put them in the jail. But sometimes I watch this, I’m just useless. Only thing I can do is pray, pray for them,\u201d Chan said in an interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The rampage by Stephen Paddock killed at least 59 people and injured 527 others at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.<\/p>\n

Chan does get the chance to battle terrorists in his new action-thriller \u201cThe Foreigner,\u201d opening Oct. 13. The actor takes a dramatic turn as a grief-stricken father hunting a rogue IRA cell responsible for an explosion that killed his daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope through the movie (to) tell the people stop this kind of violent things,\u201d Chan said. \u201cIt’s a good message to tell, stop these kind of terror things, stop the bombing, stop hurting innocent people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other films cancelled and scaled back promotion in the wake of the attack in Las Vegas _ something Chan thought long and hard about.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it is challenging,\u201d he said of continuing the film’s promotional tour, which includes Thursday’s Los Angeles premiere. \u201cAsked what should I do? Should we change? Should we cancel? And you know I’m really a foreigner in another country. I don’t know what to do. You know, what should I say? Anything I can (do to) help?\u201d<\/p>\n

At 63, the Hong Kong star is hoping to prove he can do more than martial\u00a0arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be a true actor. I don’t want audiences to keep thinking I’m an action star. One day I’m getting old, I cannot fight anymore. I want to be a Robert De Niro. I want to be a Clint Eastwood,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey are true actors, but they can fight!\u201d<\/p>\n

Chan says a romantic lead in a musical would be a dream gig.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d love to do it! I want to be something special. I want to be in a musical action comedy movie. You know fighting with singing, dancing,\u201d Chan said. \u201cOf course if a director hire me to do some kind of ‘La La Land’ and ‘Sound of Music,’ I’d love to do it. I really do try everything, anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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