is the biggest improvement between Rush Hour 1 and 2?
I think Rush Hour 2 is twice – that’s why it’s 2. It’s twice as big, the action and twice as funny. I’m really proud of the movie. I think it’s the better movie. We had so much more money on this movie that I was able to fill it with nonstop action where on a budget of $32 million, the first one, you can’t really afford it. How much is this budget? Three times as much. A lot of money. How did you cast Zhang Ziyi? I saw the movie [Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon] before the movie came out. I was friends with one of the producers and they showed it to me. It wasn’t written for her. It was written for a guy and I went ahead and said, “I want to meet Zhang Ziyi” but the producer said, “But there’s no part for her. The girl’s Spanish.” And I said, “Yeah, but I want to meet her anyway.” And I met her, while I’m talking to her I said, “I want you to be in the movie.” And I started telling her what the guy part that I ended up firing does in the movie to get her to do it. Then we got her and I g
