No more martial arts movies, says action star Jet Li
Actor and kung fu expert Jet Li says he’s given up the martial arts genre for more sensitive fare, Shanghai newspapers reported today.
Li told students at elite Fudan University that the forthcoming, Fearless, the story of Chinese martial arts pioneer Huo Yuanjia, was his last film of the type since he wants to make more philosophical and family-oriented movies, the Youth Daily said.
“I’ve said more than once that this will be my last martial arts film,” the paper quoted Li, 42 as saying.
Li said future projects could include another collaboration with Frenchman Luc Besson, who wrote this summer’s Unleashed, in which Li starred with Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins, along with Li's 2001 hit Kiss of the Dragon.
However, Li added that he was in talks with more than 20 Hollywood productions and will “shoot whichever one comes to fruition first”.
