Jackie Chan is a legend. I love him very much. A very creative, loving, caring, funny, hard working man. He deserves much more respect than he gets in my opinion. But I think it's just because a lot of people don't know how versatile he is. He is a martial artist, actor, director, producer, stunt and fight choreographer, singer and a humanitarian. He does it all. Really one of my favorite personalities.
In comparison to Michael: Jackie is like I said a legend. In my opinion the greatest action movie actor ever. Known all around the world but Michael was and is on a complete different level. Michael has been in the media for all of his life and his life was made a living hell. I can't think of any person that had this kind of exposure around the world.
In Asia, I think Jackie is a God. Kinda like Bruce Lee was. If people think of fighting in movies I'm pretty sure the first name they think of is Jackie. But the level of fame Michael has is bigger than Jackie's. Doesn't change the fact that I love him, hehe.
But there are similarities. Both are very creative. I don't need to talk about Michael's creativity. Beyond greatness. But think of it. Just looking at Jackie's fight scenes will let you know how creative he is too. I saw a video where Jackie shows his home or something and he shows a big book where he writes down and keeps all the ideas he gets. And if I remember correctly, it was a lot.
Another, and in my eyes more important, similarity is the love for this planet. Both have donated millions of money for charity, visited orphanages, hospitals, schools and so on. There is a lot of L.O.V.E. and both of their hearts.
There is actually a funny story where Chris Tucker arranged a phone call between Jackie and Michael. Chris wanted to surprise Jackie with it. Unfortunately, Jackie was sleeping and his agent didn't wake him up which upset him when he found out who called. I'm pretty sure both man admired each other.
Jackie posted a message on his website too, after Michael passed. Just in case you don't know.
