We were told that Gordon Chan was a very friendly chap, but when we met in the Landmark in Central, we spent the best time in Hong Kong ever, chatting about our favorite movies and Chan’s writing and directing successes: Fight Back to School, Fist of Legend, Final Option, Beast Cops, The Big Heat, A-1, Heart to Hearts, etc. In our interview, we also discuss Tsui Hark, John Woo, Anthony Wong, Michael Wong, Yuen Woo-ping, Jet Li, Bruce Lee, Dante Lam, Stephen Chow and Ng Man Tat…

Arnaud Lanuque adds another trophy to his ongoing Gweilos series (foreigners in HK cinema) with Jonathan Isgar. Remember he was opposite Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China as the evil American, Jackson. Now Isgar has made many more movies, which he discussed with Arnaud. Let’s see, he appeared in Outlaw Brothers, Operation Condor, Spygames, Undeclared War, Fight Back to School 2 and Catman. You’ll find that Isgar doesn’t hide behind words --he is blunt and sometimes doesn’t even bother to answer the question.

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