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Ang Lee is hoping to make progress on his planned Bruce Lee biopic. The 'Brokeback Mountain' director is set to helm a new film about the martial arts legend – with his own actor son Mason Lee in the lead role – and wants to get started on the project in the near future after taking many years to "connect" to the story. Ang told Variety: "It took me years to think of a way to crack it, to connect to it. Character-wise, I couldn't be more different from Bruce Lee but there are aspects I relate to. "He had identity issues: he was always yearning to belong, to find his place. That really speaks t...
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Pom Klementieff took inspiration from Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood for her villain in 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'. The 37-year-old star plays assassin Paris in the new action blockbuster as she attempts to kill Tom Cruise's hero Ethan Hunt and was guided by legends of cinema for the part. Speaking to Variety, Pom explained: "I watched movies with Bruce Lee, with Jackie Chan and some French movies as well, because it was not just about the fight and the physicality – it was also the way the character walks. "I was inspired by movies with Jean-Paul Belmondo to find a cockines...
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Sam Hargrave thinks Chris Hemsworth has the same action movie outlook as Jackie Chan. The 'Extraction 2' filmmaker - who has directed the new Netflix movie after helming the original 2020 blockbuster - has heaped praise on Hemsworth's performance as mercenary Tyler Rake because he isn't afraid to look vulnerable in fight scenes. He told Collider: "I think that's one thing that makes Tyler Rake so great, and a lot of that, for me, comes from loving Jackie Chan movies so much growing up. "And what I think he did that separated him from the Bruce Lee’s and Jet Li’s is, he wasn't the martial arts ...
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Ang Lee has cast his son Mason to play martial arts legend Bruce Lee in a new biopic. The 68-year-old filmmaker, whose previous credits include 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Brokeback Mountain' , is said to have been working on the project in secret for a while. Dan Futterman is currently working on a script that has seen previous drafts by Jean Castelli, Alex Law, Mabel Cheung and Wells Tower. Mason, 32, has also been training for the last three years in Asia in preparation for the role. He has previously starred in 'The Hangover Part II' and 'Dead Pigs'. Bruce Lee found global succes...
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Bruce Lee may have died from drinking too much water. Doctors are making the claim almost 50 years after the martial arts icon died aged 32 in the summer of 1973 in Hong Kong. An autopsy from the time showed the ‘Enter the Dragon’ star had been killed by brain swelling, which medics blamed on him taking a painkiller. Researchers have now reviewed the evidence and concluded Bruce is more likely to have died from hyponatraemia. A team of experts wrote in the Clinical Kidney Journal: “In other words, we propose that the kidney’s inability to excrete excess water killed Bruce Lee. “We hypothesize ...
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Bob Wall has died at the age of 82. The martial arts expert and actor - who famously battled Bruce Lee in the movies 'The Way of the Dragon', 'Enter the Dragon' and 'Game of Death' – passed away on Sunday (30.01.22) in Los Angeles, his family have announced. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, they said: "He was a pillar of strength and inspiration to us all who encountered him, and his radiant spirit and legacy will never be forgotten. "He was a brilliant martial artist, a never-ending source of jokes, a gifted speaker and a passionate man whose unconditional love and support were unmat...
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George Clooney has branded the fatal shooting on 'Rust' "insane". Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed last month and director Joel Souza injured when lead star Alec Baldwin shot a prop gun during a rehearsal on the set of the Western, and the 60-year-old actor-and-director has suggested a lack of experience behind the scenes played a part in the tragedy. Branding the shooting "insane", he said on the 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast: “Why for the life of me this low-budget film, with producers who haven’t produced anything, wouldn’t have hired, for the armourer, someone with experience." R...
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Simu Liu wanted to do something "completely different" after starring in 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'. The 32-year-old star became the first Asian actor to lead a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie in the recent superhero flick but will now star in the upcoming romantic flick 'One True Loves' as he felt a change of direction was needed. Simu added that he didn't want to be trapped doing "kung-fu films" in a similar manner to Jackie Chan and the late Bruce Lee. Asked about his decision to shift genres, he told The Hollywood Reporter: "To quote Monty Python, 'and now for someth...
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James Gunn's "greatest fear" is that someone will be fatally injured on his film sets. The 55-year-old director made the confession on Twitter after Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old director of photography, was accidentally killed on the set of the Western movie 'Rust' when Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm. James wrote on the micro-blogging platform: "My greatest fear is that someone will be fatally hurt on one of my sets. I pray this will never happen." James - whose best-known movies include 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' - subsequently offered his sympath...
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Bruce Lee was a secret drug user, according to bombshell letters written by the late martial arts star. Lee died in 1973 at the age of 32 from a brain edema and letters written to his friend and fellow actor Robert Baker before his death, reveal his reported dependence on drugs. The letters appear to reveal that Baker supplied Lee with drugs - including cocaine, LSD and cannabis - from 1969 until his untimely death. They were discovered at a flea market and are being sold through Heritage Auctions in Dallas, who have authenticated the letters. A spokesman for Heritage Auctions said: “Bruce Lee...
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