Jackie Chan seals prints at famed Hollywood theatre
US: Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan became the first Chinese actor
Thursday 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.”
AFP
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