Production on “Rush Hour 3″ is stalled because co-star Chris Tucker is making too many demands according to Jackie Chan.

“He wants too much power. The movie company hasn’t obliged. He wants final editing rights and the final look at the movie and so on,” said Chan, 51.

“He’s still a new actor. How many movies has he made? Two movies have already made him very famous and made him a lot of money. He needs to learn slowly.”

Tucker pulled out of the movie last month along with director Brett Ratner who signed on to direct “X-Men 3.”

But Chan said that Tucker is a good friend and insists that he will be in the third installment of the buddy action series. During a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday Chan said that he hopes to start filming in early 2006.

The Hong Kong Star reports that Tucker thinks Chan is too much of a pushover.

“When he asks me what I want, I say ‘I don’t care,’ and he’ll scold me, saying, ‘They make so much money off us. We’ll have to get it back’,” said Chan.

In the meantime Chan is working on another movie with director Zhang Yimou whose works includes “Hero,” and “House of Flying Daggers.”

Chan didn’t reveal any details of the movie but says that it was his idea and that Zhang will work on the script.






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