1. – Sun Ming Ming, Rush Hour 3, 2007. For his third outing with Jackie Chan, director Brett Ratner wanted a riff on the in the 1978 Game of Death fight: 5ft 8ins Bruce Lee v 7ft 2ins basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The 21st Century version was to be: 5ft6 8ins Jackie v the 7ft 6ins basketball star Ming. The Houston Rockets star passed and Ratner called another Ming, the 7ft 9ins tallest man in the world. To win, Jackie needed all his wall-climbing skills!
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