 |
BEHIND THE SCENES |
|
|
|
------------------------------
| I do not hold the copyrights to the movies and images featured
in this website, so please do not take them for any other reason than
to enjoy them yourself on your computer. They are strictly for private
home usage only. |
|
 |
home
/ movie_talk
/ behind_the_scenes / ps3_supercop
/
The motorcycle stunt by Michelle Yeoh in Supercop (1993
AKA Police Story 3)
 Jackie
found a great partner to work with, Michelle Yeoh, a former Miss Malaysia,
for one of his best film series. In Supercop, Yeoh performed some great
stunts and showed that she can handle kung-fu action almost as well as,
or perhaps even better than, Chan. Right at the final climax of this third
piece of the Police story series, Michelle rides a motorcycle at full
throttle and jumps onto a moving train. Jackie didn't want her to do this
stunt without using a double since it is extremely dangerous and nor did
director Stanley Tong. So what did they do? I mean, it is Michelle herself
doing the stunt on the screen, so? Well, here again comes the help of
wires.
I cannot see any wires attached to her in the movie but in one of the
books I have, there is a picture of director Stanley Tong testing the
adjustment of the wires for this action. (Click on the image for a larger
one. The caption reads something like ; A rehearsal scene of the motorcycle
stunt for Michelle from 'Police Story 3'. Stanley Tong, the director himself,
is checking the wires.)
In the outtakes, there are a couple of shots of Michelle flying off the
train and landing into a bunch of cardboard boxes laid for cushioning.
Reference : Kenji
Tanigaki, "Enter the Stuntman (Moeyo! Stuntman)", 1998.4.20
<<
back
|
