Backstage stories of the epic fight scenes in Wheels on Meals and Dragons Forever. From interview with Benny 'the Jet' Urquidez - • Bruce Willow Podcast #...
I met Jackie and he is such a nice guy. I asked for an autograph and my pen didn't work. So Jackie said to his bodyguard to wait and for my friend to get another pen. As we were in Queensway London people started to recognise it was Jackie and gather. His bodyguard kept hounding him to leave and he turned and said "No waiting!" Really quite determine to give me an autograph. Legend of a man.
In Jackie's autobiography, he tells a story of him at the airport. He met an elderly man in his 80's who wanted an autograph, Jackie was in a hurry and said "Sorry, next time". The old man replied "There might not be a next time". While sitting in the plane, those words bothered Jackie so much that he went back into the terminal and looked for that old man to give him an autograph. It's in his book "Never Grow Up".
yea, ppl should've been able to tell just by watching Jackie's physical exercises and timing and reaction. Jackie was way fitter than champions we see today. Ppl just think he can't react to punches. Jackie's been in street fights, sparring, and choreographed fight scenes. those are actually plenty to train punch reaction. They think Jackie will react like a new guy at the gym who never sparred? they think they know fighting but they are clueless about fighting. glad benny proved them wrong.
Could have been means he is NOT… people gotta understand jackie is an actor, not a real fighter. Now if he trains hard to be a fighter then maybe, just like benny said
Well said Bro.! JACKIE CHAN'S MARTIAL ART ISN'T FAKE! But the SMARTEST GUYS in every WING CHUN school meant THIS! WC ISN'T the only GUNG FU and MARTIAL ARTS STYLE! JACKIE ISN'T ONLY AN ACTOR- OF COURSE HE MASTERS MARTIAL ARTS!!!
@@hendywijaya3213 Jackie has the black belt and the 6th grade of hapkido, masters TKW, Gung Fu styles like Pak Mei, and so on....- That's not enough 4 U 2 B a "Martial artist"?
Not only was Benny a real fighter, he picked up the art quickly and looked fantastic in movies too. Sadly very underused, he had the crazy, badass look and the charisma, and the fact that he was a real kickboxer added to his aura.
Watching the shaky cam, dark room fight with 0.5 second cuts and CGI, you learn to appreciate the Hong Kong classics all the more. No director or stuntman has ever come close to emulating a shred of all these classic movies. Thank you Jackie Chan for giving us all a wonderful childhood.
So interesting to hear it all from the legend, the man himself, Benny The JET!! A true master man you can see the pain shoot through Jackies arm and body when The Jet Kicked him in his forearm. Instantly stop Jackie in his tracks. It's a good thing Benny wasn't going full power cuz he would have easily broken his forearm right there at 5:48. Still look like it could have been a hairline fracture at least. You know Jackie felt that in the morning. A good strong kick made Jackies forearm wobble like jelly. Mucho Massive respect to The Jet a true warrior,!!
I honestly REALLY enjoyed this interview. I say that because you let Benny actually do most of the talking and you’re not interrupting him every few seconds like a lot of interviewers do. THANK YOU FOR LETTING HIM TALK!!! It was great hearing his side of this legendary fight scene. I hope to meet Benny one day. It would be a great experience.
THAT FIGHT SCENE… When I was a kid… I was like “…… …Man… iREALLY think these dudes are HITTING and landing these kicks FOR REAL……” and it’s cool to hear that they actually were. Lol
I second this, was great and rare to see someone actually let the man talk free flow. ..& more people need to recognise this fight scene as one of the greatest (if not THE greatest, imo) fight scenes in cinematic history. Benny a true noble warrior
Benny doesn't even swear. He seems like the nicest guy ever, and it's a pleasure listening to him telling these stories, smiling, with a contagious happiness and excitement.
Especially this fight scene, Benny is a real fighter, he wasn’t good at pulling movie punches at least at this point of his acting career. So Samo and jackie just opt the punches be real.
Still my favourite fight scene of all time. Excellent interview, I was laughing when Benny realised that Jackie was just joking when he wanted to fight him 🤣
so many stupid people who don't understand potential. they say "jackie is not a fighter, he would get destroyed" then an undefeated full contact kickboxing champion here who also beat an undefeated thai boxing champion is flat out telling you Jackie Chan could have easily been not only a professional fighter but an INCREDIBLE CHAMPION. thank you Benny
Yeah a lot of these martial arts stars are really well conditioned, flexible and learn quickly. They just need to practice fighting a bit and they should be pretty good.
Worked with JC twice and I disagree. Did JC had the physical abilities? Yes. Did he had the mentality? Big no. Benny is being nice to him coz JC helped him back in days. And while we are at it, JC has been using stunt double since forever ( only on minor stunts when he was younger). When I was working with him his stunt double was In-seop Lee ( aka Mr Lee), and he was shooting stuff all the time while JC was busy chasing girls on set.
Definitely one if not the best rival fighter in his movies. The first time I saw the fight I was just reacting to every impact and move. A gem of a movie. The sacrifice both Benny and Jackie made was well worth it.
Saw Wheels on Meals for the first time about 30 years ago, and the fight scene between Jacki and Benni arguably was the best fight scene I have ever seen. That notion still holds true to this day. Love and respect to sensei Benny Urquidez and Jacki Chan.
That Meals on Wheels fight ranks as the greatest alongside Bruce and Chuck. That shot with the table scraping back as they fought was for me the height of cinematic fight chroeography! So nice to finally see Jet and have him break down this iconic scene! Thank you!
I love interviews like this where the person speaking is almost like a little kid going off about their favorite subjects like you can tell Benny is just on cloud 9 reliving filming with Jackie and the mutual respect they share. Killer interview for sure
Mad respect to Benny for taking Jackie's punches and jobbing for him on the film. This was the most gritty and bloody real fight Jackie ever had in his movies since it's really full contact.
So funny.. I expected him to say the he didn't blow out the candles with his leg. Because we tried it in our movie and we couldn't manage it!! Shows how much power Urquidez has in his kicks!
When I was very young, I wanted to be a fight choreographer and it was this fight scene from Meals on Wheels that motivated me the most. To this day, I still consider it one of the best fight scenes in the history of film. It was such a game changer back then.
Benny for as much of a machine he is, he's so respectful to others, & his outlook on life is why he has prospered on so many levels in his life. Be like Benny!
When hollywood is doing fight scenes, they need to speed it up later to make it look dynamic, when hongkong/jackie doing fightscenes, you need to slow it down, that it barely looks humanly possible. Benny is an incredible human being, i adore him very much!
This fight scenes with Jackie and Jet will go down in Martial Arts history as one of the best ever!! I remember seeing these movies in Los Angeles at a Chinese movie theater on Valley Blvd and Garfield! I remember just getting my mind blown away at the choreography and fight scenes!! It was truly legendary and epic!!
Man i never get tired of listening to Sensei Benny especially about this particular movie, you asked some great questions and the footage that you have shared here, I have never seen it before!! Thanks a million for doing this!!!
Thank you this wonderful interview 👍👍👍! I ran into him at a Starbucks in my neighborhood a decade ago and had the pleasure to talk to him. He is a really cool guy. Both of these two fight scenes he had with Jackie are my favorites in all of JC's movies 😃
Excellent interview. I learned so much just about film making, motivation, and dedication. Watching this I always wondered about continuity. Yup they had to wait for the swelling to go down before they can re-shoot. I think that's why they got along so well. Recovery from accidents is what Jackie does in his spare time, then he does it again. They are both a special breed.
Love the scenes between Benny and Jackie and the interview with Benny......he can tell with enthousiasme wich makes me more respect for Benny. Very humble person🙌🏽
Meals on Wheels. Probably, one of the best martial art fighting sequences in action flicks. In movie sets as well as in the dojos, you have to see blood and bruises to seriously practice your art.
Sounds like such an excellent experience. Benny and Jackie might have been unable to speak clearly to one another but the language of martial arts is universal. If Benny's story is accurate it really seems like two consummate professionals came together to create something amazing and UNIQUE. They did everything themselves instead of taking all their cues from the same choreographer that works with the exact same style across a bunch of different movies. What an amazing interview.
So nice to hear a champion have only good things to say about another champion. That was a ray of sun in a dark world! What a great guy. The Jet. Those were the days!
What you said at 12:23 gave ME goosebumps because I never thought i would meet a person that has exactly the same opinion about this fight scene like me.
Wow! This is the best interview with a martial artist I've ever seen. What a great experience it must have been for anyone involved in the making of that movie.
Wheels on meals is EASILY MY FAVORITE JACKIE CHAN MOVIE OF ALL TIME!! What Benny the jet did for that movie was clear, night and day. The fight scenes were so different and amazing, on another level from the already entertaining fight scenes he had been doing in his movies.
Great great interview with a giant fighter like Benny, this figth scene with Jackie Chan will never get old even if the legendary actors are now old. Thank you for the share.
11:06 that's what i thought about Jackie too. I look at these champions who can do 5% of what Jackie could do, then I see comments saying Jackie can't react to punches and im like wth are they even talking about? Jackie is his prime is way more conditioned with way better flexibility, timing, and distance control, and ppl are saying he would lose the moment he steps in a ring, even to a bum? ppl think they know fighting, but they don't. seeing modern champions whose move sets are extremely limited, who can't do a wide variety of exercises other than pushups and machines. they can't even do handstand pushups. they do bag work like they are in a rest interval. if Jackie didn't use his prime to film movies and break every bone in his body, and make more money doing it, he could've been a fighter. but he made it too big and too rich in film.
That was really COOL.. I had no idea... I always enjoyed the movies he was in, but to hear this measure of insight, JUST WOW... Thank you Benny for taking the time to share this stories... More of that please... lol... Over the years, not one single person has ever said, that Benny was hard to deal with and would then finalize that statement with, "He is so much fun to work with, and is a true scholar of the art(s) and truly a nice guy and never has a bad day".... I really enjoyed this interview.
People should really show some love to Sensei Benny's RU-vid channel (before we lose him). Also, yes, this fight was one of the best on-screen, 'real', awesome displays of athletics, martial arts, drama, characterization, acting, and choreography. Only the "Drunken Master" fight with Ken Loh really rivals it (in a completely different way). 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
This is a cool interview. Back in the early 90s Benny came to our Karate school in Toronto. He was awesome, and a really nice guy. I still have the book he signed for me.
