When was adapted into a live-action film, Jackie Chan was the obvious choice to play the lead role of Ryo Saeba. Chan had already established himself as a martial arts superstar with films like Drunken Master (1978) and Project A (1986), and his producers believed he would bring the perfect blend of action and comedy to the role.
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In the early 1990s, Jackie Chan did not yet dub his own voice for international or even domestic releases. His "authentic" voice wasn't heard in a Hong Kong film until Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), and it wasn't until his Hollywood breakout in Rush Hour (1998) that Western audiences regularly heard him speak English. City Hunter (1993) - IMDb When was adapted into a live-action film, Jackie