Did Jackie Chan Just Dub JJCC's Prince Mak As the Next Jackie?
Is K-pop idol Prince Mak the next Jackie Chan? It may seem so as the action legend from HongKong has nothing but praises from the K-pop star from Sydney in a recent interview.
In a recent interview with Jackie Chan, the iconic action star had nothing but good things to say about Prince Mak, who from music is transitioning into acting -- in particular, starring in action movies. As a matter of fact, he is currently busy training in martial arts to do justice to Jackie Chan's praises. Prince Mak belongs to Jackie Chan's k-pop group JJCC.
It can be recalled that Jackie Chan was the featured guest in the eighth episode of Prince Mak's youtube series Prince Mak's Prince diaries. During the show, Jackie predicted that Prince Mak will go places in the industry because of his hard work and what he has learned from China and Korea so far. It seemed to many fans that he may be willing to pass on the mantel of his legacy Prince Mak, based on the comments on the thread.
In a recent episode of his show, Prince Mak also addressed the dark side of K-pop including what he termed "slave contracts," long working hours, as well as an excessive emphasis on looks. Citing his own experiences, Prince Mak, who started out as a foreigner in the K-pop genre said that he had a lot of difficulty at first because he wasn't fluent in Korean, Koreaboo reported.
He also revealed "slave contracts" by some companies that sometimes put artists in training for 10 years and signs them to another 10-year contract with not so favorable terms. He said that for some agencies, the portion that the artists take home are only about 10 percent which is split among group members. He said this is because the bigger percentage goes back to the agency to pay back the training fees that the label incurs to build up the artist.
Prince Mak also raised the issue of excessive working hours as he cited that it was common practice for trainees or artists to have only 3-4 hours of sleep because the rest of the day is devoted to training and practice. Extreme dieting, he said, was also a common practice as artists get weighed on a weekly basis. Failing to meet certain requirements usually entail punishment like additional exercise or less food.
