Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung has no plans to retire from the entertainment industry, despite scaling back his acting commitments in recent years due to age-related mobility issues.<\/p>\n
The 74-year-old remains involved in showbiz through occasional public appearances and livestream sessions, underscoring his dedication to stay active.<\/p>\n
Hung recently travelled to Guangzhou, China, for work.<\/p>\n
In a video shared on Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, he was seen diligently signing autographs despite relying on an electric wheelchair to get around.<\/p>\n
Having spent decades performing physically demanding martial arts stunts, Hung has suffered from longstanding injuries that have taken a toll on his body.<\/p>\n
Combined with the effects of ageing, these injuries eventually led him to undergo knee surgery in 2017.<\/p>\n
His physical condition subsequently prompted him to reduce his on-screen appearances and adopt a semi-retired lifestyle, although he has repeatedly made it clear that he is not ready to call it quits.<\/p>\n
During a 2020 variety show appearance, Hung said he was not ready to retire as he was still capable of working.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany people have asked me to retire, but why should I? Firstly, I can still speak and scold people. Second, I can still think. Isn\u2019t that why God gave me these abilities?<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as I can work and think, I\u2019ll keep doing it. When I have truly deteriorated and no longer want to embarrass myself, then I\u2019ll retire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Ip Man 2 (2010) star reaffirmed his determination to stay in the industry during a masterclass at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024.<\/p>\n
Asked why he continued working instead of retiring, he answered: \u201cI feel most comfortable when I\u2019m working.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung has no plans to retire from the entertainment industry, despite scaling back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,6675],"class_list":["post-954326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-na"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}