The upcoming film “Chinese Zodiac 2012” will be Jackie Chan’s last major action movie.
In the film, Chan is a treasure hunter seeking to repatriate sculpture heads of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, which were taken from Beijing’s Summer Palace by French and British forces during the Opium Wars.
He said it was an important movie for him because it will be his last major action feature, although he insisted it is not the end of his action career.
“I’m not young any more, honestly,” he said, noting that with special effects technology and doubles a lot can be done without physical risk.
“Why (do) I have to use my own life to still do these kind of things?” he said. “I will still do as much as I can. But I just don’t want to risk my life to sit in a wheelchair, that’s all.”
