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Q&A: Jackie Chan is defying age with some new moves

Jackie Chan would probably be perfectly happy if he didn't break any more bones.

For decades, the Hong Kong-born action superstar has put his life on the line performing mind-boggling stunts, kung fu fights and acrobatic feats, racking up injuries along the way to virtually every part of his body. Fractured skull, dislocated pelvis, shattered ankle, cracked vertebrae - you name it, he's probably had it in a cast or a sling at some point.

Chan is not about to retire from action films; he stars in the revenge thriller "The Foreigner," opening Oct. 13, as a man hunting down those responsible for a London terrorist attack that killed his daughter. But at age 63, he is understandably looking for other, less death-defying ways to entertain audiences as well -

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