Unexpectedly, the "rare honesty" in this book caused him a lot of trouble in Western media.
In 1947, he has filmed and produced more than 200 movies. Jackie Chan went to the world with his superb martial arts performances. Last year, he won the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award as the first Chinese.
Flip through his Facebook comment section and foreign movie fans' love for him is almost "devoted to the gods".
However, after the English version of Jackie Chan's autobiography began to be released, the foreign media's style has been praised for its sudden change.
Because Jackie Chan told in the book about his "mistakes" when he was young - prostitution, cheating, domestic violence, etc., he was criticized by some foreign media as a "scumbag".
When many mainstream media reported, the title directly quoted the original words in the book "I'm really a bastard", such as CNN.
" Daily Mail " even listed many "crimes" in the book in one breath.
According to reports, the Chinese version of this autobiography was co-written by Jackie Chan and Zhu Mo. It started with Jackie Chan’s birth in Hong Kong. It reviewed his ups and downs of more than 60 years of his life, including multiple chapters such as “Fighting for Life”, “Goodbye, Teresa Teng,” “March of the World,” “Getting Up with My Son,” and “Love and Hate Hollywood”.
The English version translated by Singaporean writer Cheng Yi has not been deleted, but the content and order have been adjusted, and has been reprocessed by the translator to make it more in line with the habit of English expression. The English version of
is divided into 35 chapters, among which part of the last content in the Chinese version is placed at the forefront of the English version, and the beginning is when he learns about winning the honorary Oscar.
then revealed behind the scenes of his filming of joining the movie and fighting each other with his life, and revealed his emotional experience with his first love, Teresa Teng, and Lin Fengjiao , telling the story of his friends inside and outside the circle, including Jack Ma, Will Smith, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin , Wang Leehom and other friends inside and outside the circle.
Cheng Yi said in an interview with the US media "Variety Show" that he was surprised by the frankness and openness of the book. The whole book is like Jackie Chan's inner dialogue, "having a clear understanding of his past and his indecent side."
However, it is this "candality and openness" that has made him controversial in foreign media reports.
In CNN's article, it introduces in detail the stories about "luxury", "drunk driving" and "domestic violence to his son" in Jackie Chan's autobiography.
Jackie Chan wrote that after he became famous, he took $500,000 in cash and entered a famous watch store, bought 7 most expensive watches with the most diamond inlays, and changed one belt a day.
He is also always drunk driving, "I hit Porsche in the morning and Mercedes-Benz at night." A reporter took photos, and he also threatened others to "take one picture and punch."
Jackie Chan also revealed that when his son Jaycee Chan was only two years old, he lifted him up and then fell heavily.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post added that Jackie Chan was in a bad mood after a big fight with his wife Lin Fengjiao, and Jaycee Chan walked over and shot him, "He seemed to be trying to hit me for his mother."
After being kicked by the child a few times, the angry Jackie Chan dropped the child off.
Many media have set up large-scale pages for Jackie Chan’s “scandal” and “infidelity”.
Jackie Chan explained his love history clearly in his autobiography, including several girlfriends he had been with, the friction after marriage with his wife Lin Fengjiao, and the classic "I made a mistake that men all over the world make."
He also mentioned that he made a lot of money when he was a stunt actor, but his life was corrupt and he spent most of his money on gambling and prostitution.
When recalling these things in his autobiography, Jackie Chan expressed his regret and bluntly called himself a "bastard".
Columnist Daniel Bates published a long article in the British Daily Mail, probably the most criticized report among foreign media.
In addition to content that other media have reported, he also pointed out in the article that Jackie Chan disrespects women in many relationships, and his attitude and behavior are extremely poor.
Although he told the other things, he did not mention the illegitimate daughter Wu Zhuolin in his autobiography, and was also criticized by Daniel: this father was "too cold-blooded".
Taiwan's United Daily News believes that Jackie Chan did not mention " Xiaolongnu " because he wanted to use this method to erase the traces of Wu Zhuolin's existence in his life.
Zhu Mo, who is also the author of the Chinese version of the autobiography, was very angry when he saw this report in the Daily Mail.
He posted a Weibo post angrily denounced him as a "sensational foreign tabloid", accusing him of deliberately taking it out of context in order to attract readers' attention.
also explains that the English version is translated directly from the Chinese version, and there is no saying that the domestic and foreign versions and different words are used.
In the report, "USA Today" focuses on the history of struggle introduced in the autobiography, which extracts 5 unknown stories of Jackie Chan working hard in the film industry.
This includes the interesting stories with Bruce Lee in the filming movie " Dragon Fighting " in 1973, the embarrassment when no one was interested when he first arrived in Hollywood, and the stunt performance that shocked everyone in the movie "A Plan " almost lost his life...
Jackie Chan recalled the scene of filming "A Plan" at that time and was still scared: "I fell on the sidewalk and twisted my neck violently."
was dizzy and finally said the lines, completing the entire scene, creating one of the most famous stunts in this martial arts movie.
Although Jackie Chan has not responded to the content accused in foreign media reports, he made corresponding statements when the Chinese version of the autobiography was released three years ago.
According to China News Network , in April 2015, Jackie Chan once frankly stated at the launch ceremony of his new book in Beijing that he was not as good as fans imagined.
He admitted that when he was young and frivolous, he did many unreasonable things, which to a certain extent was because he worked alone in Hong Kong and was influenced by the social environment at that time.
He can "learn well" now. Jackie Chan attributes his persistent charity over the years. He believes that it is a charity and charity teaching himself how to be a human being.
At the end of the English version, Jackie Chan concluded his biography in a humorous way, which also shows his expectations for readers' evaluations.
"Bruce Lee left when he was very young, so he became a legend. If I had jumped into a volcano when I was filming " Zodiac ", it would have been a beautiful exit. Fans around the world would cry for me, and they would have talked about how I sacrificed myself for the film career. This ending would be perfect, but there was a problem: I don't want to die yet. I don't want to retire either. Sometimes I wonder if I should suddenly disappear one day and take a backpack and fly to a distant corner. This might be a good way to end. But maybe I would never do that. I just hope that when the opportunity comes, I will know that I should stop it. I will take good care of myself. I just hope that the audience should not be too harsh when evaluating me."
