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“That was fu**ed up. He was a dummy in the movie. The problem was in real life, there was no evidence that he was an egomaniac dummy. He was a very interesting guy. Very insightful.”
In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Bruce Lee (played by Mike Moh) fights Cliff Booth (played by Brad Pitt). At first, Lee knocks down Booth. In the second round, Booth launches Lee into a car. They then continue to strike each other before the fight is interrupted. The Bruce Lee character is presented as less-skilled, weaker and dramatic. Some fans were irritated by the representation, including Rogan and Bruce Lee’s daughter.
“The problem was they made him look like a buffoon. There was no evidence that he was a buffoon… It’s a movie about a real person who has a real legacy and a bunch of people love him.”
“There was a lot of evidence that Bruce Lee was this brilliant, insightful guy and in that movie, they made a character of that. I didn’t like it.
“You’re making the guy looking like a fu**ing idiot when he wasn’t an idiot.”
Joe Rogan also critiqued the actor portraying Bruce Lee, Mike Moh:
“The dude who played Bruce Lee was not quite shredded enough.”
Bruce Lee's daughter said:
“He comes across as an arrogant a**hole who was full of hot air, and not someone who had to fight triple as hard as any of those people did to accomplish what was naturally given to so many others.”
“It was really uncomfortable to sit in the theater and listen to people laugh at my father,” she said.
“Here, he’s the one with all the puffery and he’s the one challenging Brad Pitt. Which is not how he was.”
In contrast, real-life Bruce Lee was known for actively avoiding confrontation and promoting the martial arts in a respectful and controlled way.
“What I’m interested in is raising the consciousness of who Bruce Lee was as a human being and how he lived his life,” she said. “All of that was flushed down the toilet in this portrayal and made my father into this arrogant punching bag.”
-BJPenn.com
In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Bruce Lee (played by Mike Moh) fights Cliff Booth (played by Brad Pitt). At first, Lee knocks down Booth. In the second round, Booth launches Lee into a car. They then continue to strike each other before the fight is interrupted. The Bruce Lee character is presented as less-skilled, weaker and dramatic. Some fans were irritated by the representation, including Rogan and Bruce Lee’s daughter.
“The problem was they made him look like a buffoon. There was no evidence that he was a buffoon… It’s a movie about a real person who has a real legacy and a bunch of people love him.”
“There was a lot of evidence that Bruce Lee was this brilliant, insightful guy and in that movie, they made a character of that. I didn’t like it.
“You’re making the guy looking like a fu**ing idiot when he wasn’t an idiot.”
Joe Rogan also critiqued the actor portraying Bruce Lee, Mike Moh:
“The dude who played Bruce Lee was not quite shredded enough.”
Bruce Lee's daughter said:
“He comes across as an arrogant a**hole who was full of hot air, and not someone who had to fight triple as hard as any of those people did to accomplish what was naturally given to so many others.”
“It was really uncomfortable to sit in the theater and listen to people laugh at my father,” she said.
“Here, he’s the one with all the puffery and he’s the one challenging Brad Pitt. Which is not how he was.”
In contrast, real-life Bruce Lee was known for actively avoiding confrontation and promoting the martial arts in a respectful and controlled way.
“What I’m interested in is raising the consciousness of who Bruce Lee was as a human being and how he lived his life,” she said. “All of that was flushed down the toilet in this portrayal and made my father into this arrogant punching bag.”
-BJPenn.com
