Jet Li Alters Script To Suit Western Viewers

said he has changed the script of his upcoming movie with fellow action star Jackie Chan to better suit Western tastes, an online news site reported. Li said “The Forbidden Kingdom” was conceived as a film about Chinese mythology’s monkey king and he thought the idea of a kung fu fighting monkey was too far-fetched for Western viewers, according to an interview transcript posted on the Chinese news website Sina.com.

Li said he altered the script, inspired by the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” to turn the story into a child’s dream about Chinese mythology. He said this would make characters with special powers like the monkey king more believable to a Western audience. Continue Reading…