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He was called the fake Bruce Lee. The industry wrote him off. Hollywood rejected him. Then he came back with a hole in his skull — and changed cinema forever.
Jackie Chan didn't just survive the comparisons. He made them irrelevant.
This is the story of a man who was handed the most impossible job in entertainment — replace a legend — and failed publicly. What he did next is the reason you know his name today.
From the back alleys of Hong Kong cinema to a hotel room in Los Angeles where he sat alone wondering if any of it mattered… to 244 million dollars and an Honorary Oscar.
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