In a recent interview with the foreign media "Variety", director Ang Lee talked about his new film plan - the biopic "Bruce Lee Biography". Ang Lee plans to let his son Li Chun play Bruce Lee. "After all, we, father and son, are no longer young. I hope I can make this movie as soon as possible."

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"The Legend of Bruce Lee" will not be filmed in 3D format

　　The script of "The Legend of Bruce Lee" is written by Dan Futterman, a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who has been nominated for Oscars ("Capote" and "Foxcatcher"). Bruce Lee's wife Linda Emery and daughter Xiangning Li brought this project many years ago To Ang Lee. Ang Lee expressed his hope to launch his long-prepared "The Legend of Bruce Lee" as soon as possible. "It took me several years to figure out how to crack (this movie) and how to connect it." He said that he and Bruce Lee was a completely different character, but there were aspects he could relate to: "He had an identity crisis, always yearning to belong, to find his place, and I resonated with that."

　　Ang Lee said that he will no longer use high-frame and 3D formats to shoot this biopic. "I will return to traditional filmmaking methods and tell a great story." Because in Ang Lee's view, "the entire industry and the audience are not ready for new technologies." As a two-time Oscar winner for Best Director, Ang Lee is very interested in new technologies. Especially after the success of "Life of Pi", he discovered that 3D formats and high frame rate films can bring audio-visual enjoyment to the audience. a disruptive experience. In both 2016's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and 2019's "Gemini Man", Ang Lee tried 120 frames per second image effects. Although the picture effects were amazing, the box office was not as good as expected. This caused Paramount Pictures to lose approximately US$100 million.

　　Ang Lee previously talked about why he wanted to make "The Legend of Bruce Lee": "Bruce Lee was neither fully American nor fully Chinese. He was accepted by the public as a bridge between China and the West, and he introduced Chinese Kung Fu to the world. , a combat expert and iconic performance artist who made revolutionary contributions to both martial arts and action cinema. I feel compelled to tell his story: this remarkable and unique man who yearned to belong, weighing just 61 kilograms. With great energy and through tireless work the impossible dream was achieved.”

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Storytelling will be based on "Enter the Dragon"

　　Lawrence Gray, the producer of "The Legend of Bruce Lee", revealed in an interview with foreign media that the film will break away from the "birth, rise, fall, comeback, death" model of previous biographical films, and will use Bruce Lee's experience while filming "Enter the Dragon" as the starting point. Through the non-narrative structure, different wonderful years of his life are brought out to show Bruce Lee's ever-changing life journey like a kaleidoscope. He said: "We realized that Bruce Lee's involvement in Enter the Dragon was a time when many strands of his life converged and there was a lot of drama in his life. So we looked at this period as an axis that reflected his life. various periods. It can be said that this is a 'kaleidoscope' that sees through his life."

　　"Enter the Dragon" is the first Hollywood transnational action film starring Bruce Lee. It is co-produced by Hong Kong Golden Harvest Company and Hollywood Warner Company. It tells the story of a Shaolin martial arts master played by Bruce Lee who goes to a desert island to hunt down Shaolin traitors. The film premiered in Hong Kong on July 26, 1973, six days after Bruce Lee's death, with a global box office of US$400 million.

　　In "Enter the Dragon", Bruce Lee performed Jeet Kune Do and used single-headed long sticks, short sticks, nunchucks and other weapons. His skills were amazing. It is reported that Li Chun, who is currently 33 years old (one year older than Bruce Lee when he starred in "Enter the Dragon"), has been practicing martial arts in secret for a long time.

　　Talking about Li Chun, Lawrence Gray said: "Ang Lee recommended his son Li Chun to me at the early stage of project preparation. Li Chun is a very accomplished actor. He has many works in the Chinese film industry and has also starred in some A very successful American movie, and he looks very similar to Bruce Lee." But because of the father-son relationship between Ang Lee and Li Chun, the producers hesitated, "Our idea was: 'Okay, we don't want to succumb to nepotism. , put this candidate aside for now." Later, the production company searched for male actors in Asia and North America, but still felt that Li Chun was the most suitable, "and could not find anyone more attractive than Li Chun."

　　Lawrence Gray revealed: "This film has been planned for many years. We were able to spend five years training Li Chun, turning him from an excellent actor, the son of a very successful director, into a ruthless person." Killer." He said that Li Chun spent a lot of time to master Bruce Lee's signature martial arts style on the screen, while also recreating Bruce Lee's powerful presence. "Anyone who can fight like Bruce Lee is a madman and a 'killer'." Killer'. We had to recreate that by reading about Bruce Lee and training Lee Chun in the same martial arts training he had."

　　Yangcheng Evening News reporter Shao Ziheng