Brendan Fraser’s Real Fear Is Jet Li
August 19th, 2008
Poor Brendan Fraser. Sure, he’s a great action star, sure he’s got some nice muscle on him, and sure, everything he goes up against is fictional anyway - but he still had to fight Jet Li.
Jet Li, one of the better martial artists in the world.
This, of course, came in the newest Mummy flick, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, where Mummy veteran Rock O’Connell is forced to fight the ancient martial arts master in the usual battle of good versus evil.
All fictional - but it’s still Jet Li. And Fraser was more than a little nervous about the pairing, saying that the western cast had to train for months on end just to be able to keep up with Li’s moves.
Not everybody was, of course. Luke Ford, who plays O’Connell’s son in the movie, loved getting to pair off against Li, and was quite happy to tell other people that he helped beat Jet Li.
Great, Ford. Now, let’s see you do it in an unscripted battle in a back alley somewhere. Don’t expect much help from Fraser.