Li Quits Martial Arts Films Because He's Tired Of The Pain.
20 September 2006
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Li Quits Martial Arts Films Because He's Tired Of The Pain.... Action man Jet Li chose to quit making wushu martial arts movies because he's tired of hurting himself and others.The Romeo Must Die star, 43, admits age is catching up with him and he's beginning to feel the aches and pains of a lifetime of martial arts training.Li, who started training at the world famous wushu academy in Beijing, China, when he was eight, admits he's tired of fighting.He says, "My older injuries bother me all the time. I just feel when I was eight years old and I was learning martial arts it was fine, and now it has taken up 90 per cent of my life's learning."I never graduated. Physically and mentally, sometimes I feel tired. The biggest enemy is yourself."And Li admits he doesn't like the thought of injuring co-stars and stuntmen who are too manly to admit they're hurt.He adds, "They never say I hurt them. They always say, 'I'm OK, I'm fine.' They want to make another movie again."Martial artists get hurt all the time but they don't say, 'I got to go home, don't call me.' They all put on these oils to fix it behind the scenes.0Comments | Be the first to comment!
