Jackie Chan is a certified nutter. Every stunt in his films is completely authentic and, at one point or another, he has broken pretty much every bone in his body - several of them twice - as a result of that commitment to authenticity. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that in 1985's Police Story, he was electrocuted when filming the famous scene where he slides down a metal pole covered in lights in a shopping centre. This accident caused 3rd degree burns to his hands and face, and weeks of recovery, but apparently didn't so much as cause a stutter in Chan's agenda to be real. Jackie only has himself to blame here to be fair, as the stunt was conceived as just being the metal pole and, indeed, it was filmed that way several times before Chan decided it just didn't look good enough on screen. For a bit more colour, he asked his crew to cover the pole in lights, which would look spectacular on screen when he crashed through them. Despite the protests of his crew and anyone with even a basic understanding of how electricity works, Chan's response was "the audience will love it". A little insight into Jackie Chan's heavily damaged brain there.
Jackie Chan is a certified nutter. Every stunt in his films is completely authentic and, at one point or another, he has broken pretty much every bone in his body - several of them twice - as a result of that commitment to authenticity. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that in 1985's Police Story, he was electrocuted when filming the famous scene where he slides down a metal pole covered in lights in a shopping centre. This accident caused 3rd degree burns to his hands and face, and weeks of recovery, but apparently didn't so much as cause a stutter in Chan's agenda to be real. Jackie only has himself to blame here to be fair, as the stunt was conceived as just being the metal pole and, indeed, it was filmed that way several times before Chan decided it just didn't look good enough on screen. For a bit more colour, he asked his crew to cover the pole in lights, which would look spectacular on screen when he crashed through them. Despite the protests of his crew and anyone with even a basic understanding of how electricity works, Chan's response was "the audience will love it". A little insight into Jackie Chan's heavily damaged brain there.