DONNIE YEN UPDATE
What’s the next Donnie Yen movie the public can expect?
Enter the Fat Dragon. (laughing) It’s totally different. For this movie, I told them I wanted it to be bigger. I wanted a more cinematic feel, like a Hollywood musical. Really like a big old Jackie Chan Chinese New Year movie — but we can still make it contemporary. With that direction being set for the tone, we all knew what we were working toward.
What was the inspiration for the movie? A lot of people think it’s a remake of Sammo Hung’s version.
Of course, Enter the Fat Dragon was inspired by two things, the first one obviously being Sammo Hung’s Enter the Fat Dragon from the 1970s. His film is very funny and has some great ideas and action, but this movie has nothing to do with it apart from the title.
“I want these movies to be the best they can be, and if I have to ruffle some feathers, I will.”
The other thing was when I did that commercial a few years back for the mattresses, where I was wearing the fat suit and dancing and doing some kicks and stuff. I think a lot of people liked the idea of a fat Donnie Yen who could still fight.
You wear extensive prosthetics in the film. Did they affect the way you moved?
