Jackie Chan – Zhu Mo: Growing Old Before Growing Up (Gallery Books 2018)
Jackie Chan’s name is now synonymous with action movies with beautifully executed fight scenes. Fewer people know that he is also present in the film industry as a fight choreographer and director, but he has also released music albums. In this volume, we can follow the actor’s life until he was 60 and won the Oscar through personal stories, as well as the author Zhu Mo’s own experiences.
Jackie Chan was born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong. He studied martial arts from very early on and became famous in Asia at a very young age. Like everyone who suddenly becomes rich, he wanted to buy everything he ever wanted. However, unbridled spending has now been replaced by charity. And irresponsibility has been replaced by precise planning and strict rules. His movies always have some moral lesson and he uses fighting only in self-defense or in defense of others. He has many friends, but he has always been a little different from others. An outsider. An ordinary person who was sometimes brave enough to do extraordinary things.
He did dangerous things every day of his life and even after 60 he couldn’t stop doing them completely. In this book, he talks honestly about his successes and failures, his serious injuries, his fears and his eternal love, his wife. I recommend the book to everyone who loves him, because after reading it, they will love him even more!
