Jackie Chan has been talking superheroes at the Cannes Film Festival, stating that he’d like to take over from Robert Donwey Jr. in the Iron Man franchise.

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“I really want to play Iron Man but I don’t think the audiences want to see me as Iron Man” he explained. “Anyway, nobody pays me big money to make this kind of movie. I love Iron Man and this kind of movie, but no one hires me. Fools!”Chan also laughed off reports that he has retired from making movies. “I didn’t say I retired, what I said when I was making Chinese Zodiac was that it would be my last big action movie and obviously that turned out not to be true.“No one wants to pay me the big money to play in sci-fi movies. Everyone wants to see me do action. But I have to tell my audience, sometimes I might use a stunt double now, you might see some green screen, forgive me because I’m not young anymore.”He was in the South of France to talk up his upcoming projects: Skiptrace, The Karate Kid 2, Police Story 2013 and possible involvement in The Expendables 3 . “I haven’t signed anything yet or even seen a script to Expendable 3. But they’ve approached me and if the role is big enough I will take it. They offered me a part on Expendables 2 but the role was too small and I want my role to be special. I want a big part. Preferably fighting baddies alongside Sylvester Stallone.”The martial arts superstar says that he will be talking to Stallone’s manager when he returns to Beijing next week. But the big question might be whether Chan has the time to shoot a major Expendables 3 role.In September he is due to shoot Skiptrace, directed by Sam Fell. Chan came up with the idea for the action-comedy about a Hong Kong detective – played by Jackie himself – who must track down an American gambler on the run from his creditors. The men form an unlikely partnership and attempt to take on a notorious Hong Kong kingpin, whilst embarking on a wild journey through some of China’s most scenic locales.“This is going to be another big action film. This script is one of my babies, I handed it to scriptwriter Jay Longhino and he changed a lot of the script and characters and added a lot of locations. The thing is that where the scenes are located is important because I don’t know how to fight anymore.”Chan says Skiptrace will be similar in look and feel to his 2010 outing Little Big Soldier, which was directed by Ding Sheng. He’s teaming up with Sheng again for Police Story 2013. Produced by Chan the film is a reboot of the Police Story series, which first appeared in 1985. In the new version, Chan plays a police officer taken hostage with his daughter and other drinkers by a bar owner (Liu Ye) demanding the release of a prisoner.“This one is a very heavy drama, each year I try to choose different roles. I don’t want to just make sequels like Rush Hour. I know after making such a heavy drama that I will have to make a lighter film."That lighter film will most likely see him return to America to make Karate Kid 2. It’s a film that he’s keen to get made quickly: “I called Will Smith and said hurry up otherwise your son will be taller than me. It’s going to be a completely new story. I’m still the master and he’s still my student, but it has nothing to do with the original Karate Kid 2. It’s not a remake of that.”So would you like to see Iron Chan become a reality? And do you think Jackie would be a worthy addition to The Expendables 3? Let us know in the comments, and check out our video review of the most recent Iron Man movie below.