Duong Tu Quynh: Jackie Chan thinks women should only stay in the kitchen, until he meets me

Actress Duong Tu Quynh changed Jackie Chan's prejudices towards women.

"Fighting women" is famous for being beautiful and brave

Recently, Duong Tu Quynh returned to the Hollywood screen with the movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Vietnamese title: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).

Continuing to show martial arts skills at the age of U60, Duong Tu Quynh was praised for the beauty of a former beauty queen and her temperament worthy of the title of "kung fu queen" of China.

In an interview with The Guardian, Duong Tu Quynh shared a lot about martial arts roles in her career, especially in Jackie Chan's movie Supercop (Police Story 3 - 1992). The actress said that, in the movie, she made a dangerous jump from a motorcycle to a moving train.

"When we first started in Hong Kong, you had no help from CGI. You just went out and did what you had to. I felt invincible," she said.

Michelle Yeoh and Jackie Chan have collaborated many times in action movies such as "Supercop", "Once a Cop" and "Kung Fu Panda 2".

Jackie Chan begged Duong Tu Quynh not to perform such crazy stunts. "He explained: "Because when you can do one, I have to do better than one." The pressure was on him, poor Jackie Chan," the actress said.

At the same time, when asked about Jackie Chan thinking that "women should stay in the kitchen instead of acting", Duong Tu Quynh affirmed: " He used to think so, until he met me".

Jackie Chan once praised Duong Tu Quynh as one of the few actors who is willing to work hard when filming with him.

Duong Tu Quynh's revelation attracted attention because before that, Jackie Chan admitted that he did not always treat women with respect. In his memoirs Never Grow Up , China's top martial arts star said he often treated women badly in the early years of his career.

Facing the prejudices of colleagues and the public in the 80s and 90s, Duong Tu Quynh was still diligently asserting her ability.

Assert yourself with action movies for 30 years

Duong Tu Quynh said, she practiced martial arts every day from 8:30 a.m. until sunset, despite the danger when performing countless life-threatening action scenes.

In the film Yes, Madam (1986), Duong Tu Quynh had to perform a fight scene with a gang and rush through the glass door. In another shot, she is hung upside down from the railing of a balcony.

Duong Tu Quynh has worked hard in action movies for the past 30 years.

When participating in the movie The Story of A Kim (1995), Duong Tu Quynh had the worst injury in her career. When pushed down from above, the actress's back hit a very hard foreign object, leaving her speechless and just lying flat.

Those present at the set at that time thought that the actress had broken her back. "At that time, Hong Kim Bao pushed me, I fell down, we didn't think it was that high. Normally at the filming set, Hong Kim Bao often called me Duong Tu Quynh, then it was so nervous, he called my real name as well. and shouted: Yeoh Choo Kheng, are you okay?" , she said.

Duong Tu Quynh is known as the Asian Action Queen with impressive roles in the films Phong Van 2, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Huo Nguyen Giap. Mummy 3, Mulan...

With unremitting efforts, Duong Tu Quynh makes veteran directors and many male stars admire, including Jackie Chan. From a Miss Malaysia, she became the "female hit" of the Chinese screen and is one of the most successful Asian-American actresses in Hollywood.

It has been 30 years of acting in action movies, but Duong Tu Quynh has not stopped. Not only showing respectable martial arts skills, the actress also takes on characters with psychological depth. Thanks to that, at the age of 59, the actress still retains her unabated charm and popularity.

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