Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 33
For director Paul Feig, the comedy film “Jackpot” is what he calls “the Lost Jackie Chan movie,” referring to the work of the famous Hong Kong actor and martial artist.
“His (Jackie Chan’s) characters are always classically somebody who didn’t want to be in the situation, in over their head, trying to get out of it, not being aggressive, just trying to fight their way out of something,” said Feig.
“And that just checked every box for me. And his movies are really funny too, but they also have danger and art. So, there it was,” he added.
“Jackpot” is an Amazon MGM Studios action-comedy starring Awkwafina and John Cena as their characters Katie and Noel work together in a dystopian Los Angeles where a “Grand Lottery” winner can be legally murdered before sundown by someone wishing to claim their multibillion-dollar jackpot. The movie arrives in US theatres on Thursday.
“I’m not taking anything away from our stunt team or my tremendously talented double, Spencer Thomas, but the action in ‘Jackpot’ was a lot of the skills that I can offer a coordinator,” Cena told Reuters.
Source: Reuters
