He’s one of Chinese language cinema’s foremost directors of period action films, so it’s kind of miraculous that we never worked together before. And not just in China, but from all over Europe.

He had already been collecting information about the Protection Squad for several years already.

This myth about these Ancient Roman soldiers who became lost in China is really intriguing. He told me he had an extraordinary idea, about the legend of the “Vanished Roman Legion”. When I first met with Daniel Lee, I asked him if he was working on any new projects. In fact, he told me about the project when I arranged a meeting with him to find a possibility of working together about eight years ago. Jackie Chan talks Dragon Blade, working with Western co-stars and Johnny Knoxville’s ability for stunts…Īs producer, star and action choreographer of Dragon Blade, what was your involvement with writer/director Daniel Lee on the film? Did you approach him with the idea, or was it the other way around?Īlthough I’ve never worked with Daniel Lee before, I’ve been looking forward to work with him for some time.

Jonny woo from the last dragon movie