Trivia / Jet Li

• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": Has actually starred in a movie set in America way back in 1988 and filmed entirely in San Francisco. Dragon Fight (Chinese title:龙在天涯 Long Zai Tian Ya) was a Hong Kong production, however, and he starred with Stephen Chow there. The latter was playing one of his few serious roles. Dragon Fight was also where he met his second wife, Nina Li Chi.
• Playing Against Type: Jet Li proudly touts Ocean Heaven as his first non-action movie, playing a terminally ill father who must find a way to say goodbye to his mentally-disabled adult-son while spending time together at the Aquarium.
• What Could Have Been: In 1974 during a visit to the White House, Richard Nixon asked an 11 year-old Jet Li on whether he wants to be his bodyguard when he grows up. Li responded, "I don't want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!", stunning the entire room. Henry Kissinger responded, "Heavens, such a young boy and he already speaks like a diplomat!"