Simply final month, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced they might lastly embrace a class honoring stunt work. Whereas we nonetheless have a number of years till we get the inaugural winner – the Greatest Stunt Design Oscar will likely be given out on the one centesimal Academy Awards – many are chiming in as to what this implies for each the business and the motion style. So what does Jackie Chan take into consideration the long-overdue Oscar recognition for stunts?
Talking with CBR, Jackie Chan stated that the Greatest Stunt Design Oscar is one thing that these throughout the stunt group have been pleading for for a very long time. “We’ve been wanting that…We’ve been doing so a few years as a result of I’ve been collaborating in so many film awards. I sit there, Greatest Actor, Robert De Niro, Greatest Actor, Dustin Hoffman, and the Greatest Actor, Tom Hanks. No motion star, no one says, proper.”
That’s a superb level, when it comes right down to it. And whereas one thing like Mad Max: Fury Street would win essentially the most Academy Awards of its night time, it’s not as if it was taking residence any “main” honors. So for Jackie Chan, there’s a lot extra for the Oscars to discover throughout the motion style, one thing that so lengthy went ignored. “It’s about all motion. Motion stunt guys, stunt coordinator, motion star, girls motion, finest motion. It’s totally different as a result of I stated, why Oscar, they don’t have a, they’ve a particular impact. Sound. No motion. The motion movie goes [around] the world, the entire world.” Now now, Jackie, let’s not overlook Greatest Engineering Results!
Whereas Jackie Chan could be a becoming option to learn the primary identify to win the Greatest Stunt Design Oscar (OK, so Tom Cruise is within the working – actually – too), it’s price noting that he did win an Academy Honorary Award in 2016, basically for a way his work within the motion style crossed continents to enchantment to the lots.
Do you suppose Jackie Chan would have gained an Oscar if stunt work obtained its due years in the past? What do you suppose stands as his biggest stunt? Share your decide beneath!