"Fearless" is positioned on "real combat by masters". Director Ronny Yu spent two years looking for action elites from all disciplines to "play" with Jet Li. The work team spent half a year visiting China, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, and finally found several masters, including the first Thai boxing champion Somluck Kamsing to win the Olympic gold medal, Commonwealth of Australia top wrestler Nathan JONES, and the world Kick Boxing gold belt Jean- Claude and German swordsman BrandonRHEA joined the film.
In addition to acting as the leading actor, Jet Li is also an investor in the film. The creative direction he and director Ronny Yu established for the film are: First, shoot an entertainment action film. For this reason, in addition to showing Chinese kung fu, Muay Thai , boxing and other fighting martial arts will appear in the film ; second, Carrying forward the spirit of Chinese martial arts, Jet Li hopes that the audience will understand that "violence is not the solution to problems" after watching this film.
In order to direct "fearless", director Ronny Yu turned down the Hollywood film contract. Jet Li also invited Yuan Heping to join him as a martial arts director for his first work in the Chinese film industry. Behind the scenes of the film are Jet Li's many-year partner: "Kung Fu" producer Cui Baozhu and " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " and " Hero " producer Jiang Zhiqiang
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