Action icon Jackie Chan says Hollywood stunt work today doesn’t feel as real as it used be in his heyday as it depends heavily on computer-generated imagery (CGI).
Chan, known for doing stunts on his own, said the current situation is like a “double-edged sword” where actors get the opportunity to perform impossible stunts with the help of technology but the audience knows there’s little risk involved.

“In the old days, the only [choice we had] was to be there and jump; that’s it. Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there’s always a sense of reality that you feel is missing. It’s a double-edged sword. On one hand, actors become more capable of doing impossible stunts with the help of technology, and yet, on the other hand, the concept of danger and limit gets blurred and the audience is numb [to it]. But I’m not encouraging anybody to risk their lives to do the stunts like I did; it truly is too dangerous,” the star, 71, told in a magazine interview.