The Myth
An Unforgettable Journey Through Time Unearths A Hero For The Ages.
Production
Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$6 669 097
Director
Actors
Jackie Chan, Kim Hee-seon, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Mallika Sherawat, Sun Zhou, Shao Bing, Yu Rongguang, Ken Wong, Jin Song, Choi Min-soo
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Barbie Tung Wan-Si, Willie Chan, Solon So Chi-Hung, Jackie Chan, Yang Buting, Willie Chan, Albert Yeung
Camera operator
Horace Wong
Composer
Nathan Wang
Artist
Audition
Editing
Yau Chi-Wai
Whole Team (21)
Whole Team (21)
Short description
When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.
What's left behind the scenes
- Jingle Ma was originally slated to direct the film before Stanley Tong.
- Aishwarya Rai was initially selected for the role of the Indian princess, but due to her busy schedule, she was forced to decline participation in the film.
- The film is based on Korean legends.
- The famous 43-year-old Sathyanarayan – a Kalarippayattu martial arts master from Kerala – starred free of charge in the fight scenes. The scene with him, lasting 5 minutes on screen, took a whole week to film in China.
- The most serious injury during filming turned out to be not to an actor, but to a member of the crew. During the shooting of a battle scene in Beijing, one of the horses got out of control and bolted. It rushed towards the extras in military uniforms. Everyone scattered, but the camera assistant didn't have time to get away, and the horse collapsed on his leg. The fracture turned out to be open.
- The scene of the jump into the bay was filmed in Hong Kong at a temperature of only +8 degrees Celsius. Stanley Tong himself tested the stunt to make sure Jackie was capable of doing it in one take. After that, Jackie, wearing special equipment, jumped on his own.
- The final battle scene in the film is the largest and most complex. About three hundred people from the film crew, as well as over a thousand soldiers of the Chinese army portraying the powerful army of the Qin Dynasty, and horses, took part in its staging. The battle was filmed in the Yellow River Stone Forest near Jiangsu Province and the Jinxi Plain in Beijing.
- It took 3 days to film the scene with the helicopter.
- The scenes in the cave were filmed in a freezer chamber, where the temperature reached -24 degrees Celsius.
- During filming, Jackie Chan injured his back, fell off a horse and injured his leg, and while filming another action scene, he pierced his palm with a bayonet.
- Filming began on May 24, but after working for only a few days, Jackie Chan was forced to take a break until the end of June. The break was due to the promotion of 'Around the World in 80 Days' and the holding of the 'Jackie Chan Cup' rally in Shanghai.
- While in India filming 'The Myth,' local aborigines taught Jackie Chan the ancient martial art of Kalaripayattu.
- The Department of Museums and Archaeology of India suspended filming of 'The Myth' at the Virupaksha Temple because it was unauthorized. The Virupakeshwara Temple is under the jurisdiction of the department, but its permission for filming had not been obtained, and although permits from central and local authorities had been received, the department itself had to give the filming approval. The reason for the filming ban was that some of the equipment was dangerous to the temple interiors. All scenes that were not finished filming in the temple were reshot in other interiors.
- In the scene where Jack calls, hovering before the commission, William, you can see that the list of people who worked on “The Myth,” including Stanley Tong's name, is displayed on Jack's mobile phone screen.
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