Jackie Chan works to bring recognition to stunt performers

Jackie Chan has been a world-renowned kung fu giant for around four decades. But the 64-year-old still remembers his difficult early days.

At a news conference in Beijing on June 1, the martial arts star of more than 200 action films recalled his days as a stand-in in the early 1970s.

"I did most of the death-defying stunts then, and the star just needed to turn his head to have his face recognized. No one knows what I did," he says.