Bruce Lee’s daughter says he wouldn’t have lost ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ fight
- ‘I don’t think it would happen, not at all,’ Shannon Lee says of her father being beaten up in Quentin Tarantino’s film
- Good Morning Britain host Richard Madeley says Bruce Lee ‘would have taken someone like Brad Pitt to the cleaners in three seconds’
Bruce Lee’s daughter has continued her criticism of Quentin Tarantino in an interview with daytime talk show Good Morning Britain, saying there is no way her father would have lost the fight in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In the film, Lee – played by Mike Moh – is challenged to a best-of-three-rounds fight by Brad Pitt’s ageing stuntman character Cliff Booth on the set of The Green Hornet – the hit ABC television show which helped Lee get a foot in the door in Hollywood.
“I thought that was ridiculous, because Bruce Lee was unbeatable,” said Good Morning Britain host Richard Madeley. “He would have taken someone like Brad Pitt to the cleaners in about three seconds. And for me, it’s a great film, but I thought that was the most unbelievable section. That Bruce Lee would get a kicking from a 50-year old bloke? It just wouldn’t happen, would it?”
“No, I don’t think it would happen, not at all,” Shannon Lee said. “I understand what he [Tarantino] was trying to do around the character of Cliff Booth and the film. But he could have handled it in a way that was respectful of my father that served his story purposes.”