Mike Moh as Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee has shot again at filmmaker Quentin Tarantino over his current feedback that the martial arts legend was an “conceited man” in actual life.
Tarantino has come beneath hearth for Lee’s portrayal in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which in keeping with many individuals, together with Lee’s protege Dan Inosanto and daughter Shannon, paints the late actor as an “conceited a**gap who was stuffed with scorching air”.
Each Inosanto and Shannon have criticised a struggle scene within the movie involving Lee and Brad Pitt’s Cliff Sales space.
Speaking to Selection, Shannon stated, “He may shut up about it. That might be very nice. Or he may apologize or he may say, ‘I don’t actually know what Bruce Lee was like. I simply wrote it for my film. However that shouldn’t be taken as how he actually was.’”
Her assertion was in response to the feedback made by Tarantino at a press convention in Moscow the place he lastly addressed the controversy.
“Bruce Lee was form of an conceited man. The way in which he was speaking, I didn’t simply make a variety of that up. I heard him say issues like that to that impact. If persons are saying, ‘Effectively he by no means stated he may beat up Mohammad Ali,’ properly yeah he did. Alright?
“Not solely did he say that however his spouse, Linda Lee, stated that in her first biography I ever learn. She completely stated that,” the filmmaker stated.
Shannon stated her father’s confidence shouldn’t be mistaken as his conceitedness.
“(Tarantino) can painting Bruce Lee nevertheless he needed to, and he did. Nevertheless it’s just a little disingenuous for him to say, ‘Effectively, that is how he was, however it is a fictional film, so don’t fear an excessive amount of about it’,” she added.