Apparently Jackie Chan couldn’t care much less about Michael Cera‘s profession. Cera advised NME that Chan had no thought who he was once they each wound up collectively on BBC Radio 2. Chan was selling his newest movie “Karate Child: Legends” whereas Cera was there to do press for Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme.”
“Once I met him [Chan] although, he was like, ‘Who is that this individual, what’s happening?,’” Cera recalled. “We took an image however I believe he thought I used to be a contest winner.”
Cera continued, “He was like, ‘OK, let’s do an image actual fast. Come on.’ Not rudely. However I felt like I used to be invading his little private time along with his group earlier than he goes on the radio. So I used to be like, ‘What am I doing right here?’ However everybody was very candy and I bought to fulfill Jackie.”
Chan is again for “Karate Child: Legends” after starring in 2010’s “The Karate Child” reboot with Jaden Smith.
Cera, in the meantime, has his Anderson debut with “Phoenician Scheme” which premiered at Cannes. Cera additionally stars in “Sacramento” this yr. Cera beforehand spoke out about his rise to fame, notably with beloved comedy “Superbad.”
“I didn’t know easy methods to deal with strolling down the road,” Cera mentioned to The Guardian in 2023. “Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your personal pores and skin, and makes you paranoid and bizarre. There have been a number of nice issues about it, and I met loads of wonderful individuals, however there’s loads of dangerous energies, too, ones that I used to be not geared up to deal with.” He even turned down internet hosting “Saturday Night time Stay” in an effort to dampen his rising fame.
“There was a degree the place I wished to cease taking jobs that will make me extra well-known,” Cera mentioned. “I used to be type of having a little bit of a disaster. I used to be actually not having fun with the extent of warmth. I actually didn’t know if I used to be going to maintain being an actor.”
Additionally in 2023, Cera admitted to GQ that after filming cult hit “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” he bought “somewhat depressed.” Briefly, he didn’t wish to return to each day life after manufacturing wrapped on the Edgar Wright ensemble movie.
“We simply had the best vibe with all people,” Cera mentioned of the solid, who just lately reprised their respective roles for the Netflix animated sequence adaptation. “I believe that trickled down from Edgar and the vitality that he was creating. All of us bought to rehearse collectively and spend loads of time collectively earlier than we even began making the film. All of it simply goes away, and also you’re like, ‘The place did all people go?’ [I] might have stored making that film without end, though it was exhausting.”
Cera’s filmography additionally contains “Barbie,” “Superbad,” and “Juno,” apparently none of which Chan has seen.