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26 August 2008 3:33 PM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

Still got room for Asian horror? No, I don't mean yet another American remake of Asian horror, just the actual original. Twitch got a look at the Thai frightener The Coffin, which involves some kind of ritual where people "cleanse" themselves of bad luck by climbing into coffins. It doesn't take a sick mind to turn that scenario into something horrific, but it probably helps! The movie features Hong Kong star Karen Mok (So Close, Around The World In 80 Days), and sure seems a...

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23 July 2008 5:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jackie Chan loved working with Steve Coogan on the set of Around The World In 80 Days - because they would poke fun at each other's accents.

Chan and Coogan would often challenge each other to speak in a variety of different voices to fill breaks in filming.

And Chan admits he would attract laughter from the film crew when he tried out his posh English accent.

He tells Britain's Maxim magazine, "(Coogan) is very funny. He always teaches me English, until one day the director says, 'Cut! Jackie, speak English.'

"And I say, 'I am speaking English.' He says, 'No, you have to speak Jackie Chan English, not posh British English.'

"Every day with Coogan, I always make fun of him. 'Would you like caaarp orf teeeeea?' 'Well, orf coooooourse.'"

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