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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) More at IMDbPro »

• Jason Scott Lee had no previous martial arts training or experience, but was an accomplished dancer. He was selected for the lead because it was thought a dancer would more accurately depict the way that Bruce Lee moved. He was trained especially for this role, and had numerous stunt doubles.
  
  
• The director of "The Green Hornet" (1966) was played by Van Williams, who played the Green Hornet in the series.
  
  
• During the Festival of Lanterns dance and fight scene, the song being sung is a Mandarin translation of lyrics by the movie's director, Rob Cohen (1960s pop songs in Hong Kong were sung in Mandarin, not Cantonese).
  
  
• The movie that Bruce and Linda are watching soon after they meet is Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).
  
  
• When Bruce Lee defeats the martial artist who breaks his back at the karate show and is leaving the ring, there is an older man with gray hair visible. This man trained Jason Scott Lee for the part. He was a former student of Bruce Lee.
  
  
• The alley set where Bruce Lee fights his fellow restaurant workers was washed out for three days straight as a typhoon moved through Hong Kong, putting the production three days behind schedule. The scene was going to be cut altogether when a Chinese gaffer told director Rob Cohen that he could erect a giant tent over the set that would allow the shoot to continue. At 3 a.m. the next morning, Cohen came down to the ballroom of his hotel to see the entire Chinese crew and their families piecing together the giant plastic tent. At 8 a.m. it was erected over the alley set and Cohen began filming.
  
  
• The style of kung fu being practiced by the young Bruce Lee and his instructor at the beginning of the movie is Wing Chun.
  
  
• Bruce Lee's motorcycle is a 1967 Triumph 650cc Trophy , a choice no doubt influenced by his pal and Triumph fan, Steve McQueen.
  
  
• When Linda tells Bruce that she's pregnant, a band is visible in the background. The lead singer of this band is played by Shannon Lee, the real-life daughter who is the result of the pregnancy. The role for Bruce Lee was first offered to his real-life son Brandon Lee, who declined.
  
  

• SPOILER: DIRCAMEO(Rob Cohen): after Bruce Lee finally defeats the demon, and is back on the set of Enter the Dragon (1973), the director says, "Lost you for a minute, there."
  
  

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