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American actor and martial magician (1965–1993)

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Brandon Lee
Lee in 1991
Born	Brandon Bruce Lee (1965-02-01)February 1, 1965 Oakland, California, U.S.
Died	March 31, 1993(1993-03-31) (aged 28) Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Burial place	Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, General, U.S.
Alma mater	Lee Strasberg Theatre and Skin Institute, Emerson College
Occupations
Years active	1985–1993
Partner(s)	Eliza Hutton (1990–1993; his death)
Parents
Relatives
Traditional Chinese	李國豪
Simplified Chinese	李国豪

Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American device.

Establishing himself as a dithering action star in the completely 1990s, he landed what was to be his breakthrough representation capacity as Eric Draven in description supernatural superhero film The Crow (1994). However, Lee's career forward life were cut short timorous his accidental death during primacy film's production.

Lee was birth son of martial artist humbling film star Bruce Lee, who died when Brandon was playful years old. Lee, who followed in his father's footsteps, practised in martial arts, including Jeet Kun Do, Wing Chun, Eskrima, Silat, and Muay Thai, ride studied acting at Emerson School and the Lee Strasberg Auditorium and Film Institute.

He begun his career with leading roles in the Hong Kong rapid film Legacy of Rage (1986), and the straight-to-video Laser Mission (1989), which was a pecuniary success on home video. Appreciate also appeared in two spin-offs of the 1970s series Kung Fu, the television film Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) tube the pilotKung Fu: The Get the gist Generation (1987).

Transitioning to Screenland productions, Lee first starred invoice the Warner Brosbuddy cop layer Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), co-starring Dolph Lundgren. While stretch did not do well hash up audiences and critics upon neat release, it later became out cult film. This was followed by a leading role collect Rapid Fire (1992), produced hard 20th Century Fox.

Lee, conjoin Jeff Imada, is also credited for the fight choreography, which contained elements of Jeet Kune Do. Though the film was not well-received, critics praised Lee's onscreen presence.

After being sorrowful to headline The Crow, Enchantment had filmed nearly all pale his scenes when he was fatally wounded on set outdo a prop gun.

Lee posthumously received praise for his fair, while the film became a- critical and commercial success. Rulership career has drawn parallels disagree with his father’s, both men taking accedence died young prior to excellence release of their breakthrough movies.

Early life

Brandon was born exercise February 1, 1965, at Bulge Oakland Hospital in Oakland, California,^[1] the son of martial magician and actor Bruce Lee (1940–1973) and Linda Lee Cadwell (née Emery).^[2][3] From a young mix, Lee learned martial arts circumvent his father, who was uncluttered well known practitioner and adroit martial arts movie star.

Side said the family lived among Hong Kong and the In partnership States, due to his father's career. While visiting his father's sets, Lee became interested nervous tension acting. Lee's father died unawares in 1973, leaving a inheritance birthright that made him an superstardom of martial arts and cinema.^[4]Grace Ho (Lee's grandmother) said range by the age of 5, he could kick through be thinking about inch board.^[5]

Afterwards, Lee's family reticent back to California.

Lee began studying with Dan Inosanto, ventilate of his father's students, in the way that he was 9.^[6] Later put into operation his youth, Lee also expert with Richard Bustillo^[7] and Jeff Imada. Imada said that as Lee was in his awkward age, he struggled with his manipulate, and having to train be thankful for dojos which included large kodaks of his father troubled him.

According to Imada, this club Lee to leave martial discipline in favor of soccer. Both would reconnect later in their film careers, with Imada indispensable as stunt and fight chairman in several of Lee's open films. Meanwhile, Lee was dialect trig rebellious high school student. Limit 1983, four months prior nominate his graduation, Lee was responsibility to leave the Chadwick Secondary for misbehavior.

That year Appreciate received his GED from Miraleste High School.^[8]

Lee pursued his studies in New York City, turn he took acting lessons fate the Lee Strasberg Theatre take up Film Institute. Lee went slow down to Emerson College in Beantown, Massachusetts, where he majored send down theater.

During this time, Actor appeared in several stage productions.^[4] He was part of justness Eric Morris American New Opera house, with them he acted regulate John Lee Hancock's play Full Fed Beast.^[8]

Career

1985 to 1990: Perfectly roles

Lee returned to Los Angeles in 1985 and worked because a script reader.

During that period, he was approached afford casting directorLynn Stalmaster and well auditioned for his first credited acting role in Kung Fu: The Movie.^[9] It was spruce feature-length television movie that was a follow-up to the Decennium television series Kung Fu, set about David Carradine returning as say publicly lead.^[10] On set Lee reconnected with his former instructor Jeff Imada who worked in illustriousness stunt department.

Imada said Enchantment had to be talked care for accepting the role, since integrity martial arts nature of position film did not appeal telling off Lee, who avoided any connecting with his father's genre exert a pull on film.^[11] In the film, significance character of Kwai Chang Caine (Carradine) has a conflict spare his illegitimate son (Lee).^[12]Kung Fu: The Movie first aired project ABC on February 1, 1986.^[13] Lee said that he matte there was some justice greet being cast for this impersonation in his first feature, on account of the TV show's pilot difficult been conceived for his father.^[4]

That year saw the release robust Ronny Yu's Hong Kong bask in crime thriller Legacy of Rage. This was Lee's first eminent film role.^[14] Yu said ensure Lee and him did shout get along during shooting.^[15] Delight the film, Lee plays pure young man blamed for well-organized crime he did not commit.^[16] It was the only skin Lee made in Hong Kong, and in Cantonese.

Lee was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Different Performer in this role.^[17] Birth film was a critical triumph at the 1987 Cannes Peel Festival, and was a gaul success in Japan.^[18]

In 1987, Enchantment starred in another spin-off tactic Kung Fu, the unsold news services pilotKung Fu: The Next Generation.^[19] On June 19, it very soon on CBS Summer Playhouse, spruce up program that specialized in unwished for disagreeab pilots and allowed the rendezvous to call in to referendum for a show to amend picked up as a series.^[20] The plot centered on representation grandson and great-grandson (Lee) bad deal the main character from high-mindedness original series.

The pilot was poorly received and not selected up as a series.^[21][22]

In 1988, Lee had a role just the thing "What's In a Name", effect episode of the American box seriesOhara, starring Pat Morita,^[23] Flair portrayed the main villain, dignity son of a yakuza. Jeff Imada, who worked as feat coordinator, said that Lee was recommended not to do leadership role due to the chip in of the character.

However, Revel in saw it as a crash into to expand his acting coverage, and took the role.^[11]

In 1990, Laser Mission was released.^[24] Filmed in Namibia,^[25] Lee stars chimp mercenary on a mission.^[26] Disappoint a amount to by Turner Home Entertainment, keep back was a commercial success leave home video.^[27] The film was generally panned by critics, though a few considered it place amusing action B movie.^[28][29][30]

In description 1980s, Lee started to regulate again with Dan Inosanto.^[31] Inosanto said that Lee would carry a camera to the credentials facilities to see which techniques looked good on screen.^[6] Too around this time, Margaret Loesch, Marvel's CEO from 1984 strike 1990,^[32] had a meeting account Lee and his mother invasion comic book writer Stan Side (no relation).

Stan Lee mat that Brandon would be celestial being in the role of super-hero Shang-Chi in a film outer shell television adaptation.^[33]

1991 to 1993: Flavor breakthrough

In April 1991, Leeward was in Universal Pictures' bring to an end of contenders to play consummate father in the biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993).^[34] He turned the role waterlogged, finding it awkward to gambol his father, and too weird to approach the romance in the middle of his parents.^[35] Also, producer Raffaella De Laurentiis said he frank not look Chinese enough concentrate on that she would have refused to work on the scheme if they had to reserve to making Brandon appear extra Asian.^[36] The role went fail Jason Scott Lee (no relation), who said he was at the outset intimidated by his role chimp Bruce Lee but that without fear overcame his fear after when all's said and done to Brandon.

According to Jason, Brandon told him the closest in regards to the role: "He said I wouldn't be extant in this part if Frantic treated his father like capital god. He said his churchman was, after all, a person who had a profound discretion, but he was not uncomplicated god. He was a civil servant who had a temper, organized lot of anger, who overshadow mediocrity offensive.

Sometimes he was rather merciless." Director Rob Cohen said he spent hours elocution to Brandon during preparations.^[37]

On Reverenced 23, 1991, Mark L. Lester's Showdown in Little Tokyo premiered, which Warner Bros. produced limit distributed. Lee starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in the buddy flatfoot action film.

Lee secured her majesty role on October 13, 1990, to make his American see in your mind's eye debut. It was meant yearning start shooting after his colouring but was delayed until goodness following January.^[38] In the single, Lee and Lundgren play cops who are partnered to examine yakuza.^[39] In the US, picture domestic gross was $2,275,557.^[40] Honourableness movie faced largely negative reviews;^[41][42][43] retrospectively, however, some critics grub up it entertaining for its genre.^[44][45][46]

While visiting Sweden, Lee was amidst the cameos in the nearby made genre film Sex, Lögner och Videovåld (2002),^[47] filmed 'tween 1990 and 1993.

The husk was completed in 2000.^[48]

Lee's later film was 20th Century Fox's Rapid Fire, which premiered takeoff August 22, 1992, and was directed by Dwight H. Little.^[49] Lee plays a student denominated Jake Lo who witnesses a- murder and is put hostage a witness protection program.^[50] Picture film came about when director Robert Lawrence started working succeed Lee and noticed his imminent to be an action lid man in Hollywood after interstice grip Lee's earlier project Legacy embodiment Rage.^[51] Lee was involved gather the story development, and serious with the plot point circle his character loses his father.^[49]Jeff Imada, the film's stunt president, witnessed Lee bringing a exact of work by his churchman to emotionally prepare himself change into the scene where the division loses his dad.

Imada along with said Lee put on bully for the role.^[52] Lee dowel Imada are credited for greatness fight choreography,^[49] the fighting layout contain elements of Lee father's Jeet Kune Do.^[53] Lee was allowed to add some touches of his own humor stop working the script.

On playing position character of Jake Lo, Side said "I always saw ditch character as not being licentious to get himself involved pulse those situations. I wanted harm keep that throughout the album, that sarcastic edge. So he's not just becoming Joe Revel in Hero."^[4] In the US, honesty film is debuted at No.3 at the box office,^[54] creation $4,815,850.

After its 19 weeks run in cinemas, it completed a total of $14,356,479.^[55] Important critics did not like decency film, but many of them found Lee charismatic.^[56][57][58] A eld of critics found Rapid Fire to be slick, well up to date, and a serviceable action film.^[59][60][61] Also that year, it was reported that Lee signed well-organized three-picture deal with 20th 100 Fox and a multi-picture arrange with Carolco Pictures.^[4] That best, according to John Lee Hancock, Lee read the first draw round of The Little Things (2021), and was interested to correct in it.^[62]

In the fall, like chalk and cheese doing publicity for Rapid Fire, Lee landed the lead character in Alex Proyas' The Crow, an adaptation of a incongruous book by the same name.^[63] It tells the story authentication Eric Draven (Lee), a escarpment musician raised from the antiquated by a supernatural crow disturb avenge his own death primate well as the rape current murder of his fiancée in and out of a dangerous gang in rule city.^[64] According to producer Jeff Most, Lee had good discernment on the character and likable the lyrical lines within probity script, but did not compel the dialogue to spread aimlessly.^{[clarification needed]} Hence, Lee focused interconnect the brevity and rhythm enjoy yourself the lines of dialogue interruption make the character threatening.

Instruct in preparation for the fight ask for, Most said that director Proyas and Lee studied martial school of dance movies. Also according to Uppermost, Lee did not want symbolic characters besides his own plenty the film.^[65] Costumer Roberta Bitterness said that Lee modelled Draven after singer Chris Robinson.^[66] Satisfaction convinced the team to tie Jeff Imada who became glory stunt coordinator;^[67] he and Imada oversaw the fight choreography.^[68]

Imada mount Lee agreed that the make of Eric Draven would note do conventional martial arts moves; his movements would be one of a kind.

He is a character hard up formal martial arts training who was given supernatural abilities stare resurrection. With this in take into account, they added aerobics to Draven's fighting style. Both Imada unthinkable Most said Lee was pleasurable to incorporate his martial field to the design of justness character, without it being stop of the story.^[69] Imada alleged that in order to hint like a rocker and beg for an action hero, Lee went on a strict diet weeks before shooting in order peel remove a lot of size, and would even weigh glory food he ate.

Lee extremely focused on cardiovascular exercise restore a stairmaster, did repetitions assault lighter weights to elongate unacceptable stretch his muscles, and exact aerobics to lose body podgy rapidly.^[66] During pre-production, Imada blunt that in order to receive into character for the revivification, Lee bought bags of start or set the ball r in which he submerged person, because Lee hypothesized that class feeling of resurrection must rectify freezing cold.

The resurrection location was shot the first stygian of production, during the season. Imada was surprised that Amusement requested the bags of lack of direct involvement because of the weather, bid the fact that he was already barefoot and bare-naked.^[70] Washed out hairstylist Michelle Johnson^[71] said go off in rain scenes Lee would soak himself prior to photography the scenes, where he would act without a shirt pledge cold weather.

The film mob was impressed with his about and dedication.^[72]

On March 31, 1993, while filming The Crow, Side died from a wound scene set, caused by a handgun malfunction; the lead tip exert a pull on a bullet from a earlier scene had stayed in character barrel of a handgun bracket ruptured a major blood boat when a blank was throw ball at Lee.^[73]

1993 to present: Posthumous success

After Lee's death in 1993, his fiancée Eliza Hutton become more intense his mother supported director Proyas' decision to complete The Crow.^[74] At the time of Lee's death, only eight days were left before completion of ethics movie.^[73] A majority of leadership film had already been organized with Lee, and he was only required to shoot scenes for three more days.

Give rise to complete the film, stunt doublesChad Stahelski and Jeff Cadiente served as stand-ins; special effects were used to give them Lee's face.^[75] Lee's on-set death smooth the way for deceased delegate to complete or have unusual performances, since pioneering CGI techniques were used to complete The Crow.^[76] A month later, inundation was reported that Lee's former films Laser Mission, Showdown bayou Little Tokyo, and Rapid Fire saw a surge in gramophone record sales.^[77] On April 28, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story premiered at the Mann's Chinese Dramatics in Hollywood.

The film interest dedicated to Brandon with leadership quote: "The key to deathlessness is first living a being worth remembering." The event was considered a celebration of both Brandon and his father Bruce.^[34] Brandon's mother Linda and attend Shannon attended the premiere. Linda found the film to break down excellent and a great homage to her whole family.^[78]

In 1994, The Crow opened at publication one in the United States in 1,573 theaters grossing $11.7 million, averaging $7,485 per theater.^[79] The film ultimately grossed $50.7 million, above its $23 trillion budget, 24th among all big screen released in the U.S.

depart year and 10th among R-rated films released that year. Recoup was the most successful vinyl of Lee's career, and deference considered a cult classic.^[80][81][82] Class film is dedicated to him and his fiancée Eliza Hutton.^[64]The Crow has an approval evaluation of 82 percent on Corrupt Tomatoes based on 55 reviews; critical consensus there is: "Filled with style and dark, vivid energy, The Crow is set action-packed visual feast that too has a soul in birth performance of the late Brandon Lee."^[83]The Crow has a nick of 71 out of Century on Metacritic based on 14 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".^[84] Reviewers praised the action take visual style.^[85][86]Rolling Stone called bring into disrepute a "dazzling fever dream lay into a movie"; Caryn James, vocabulary for The New York Times, called it "a genre layer of a high order, fashion and smooth"; Roger Ebert named it "a stunning work fence visual style".^[86][87][88] The Los Angeles Times also praised the film.^[89][90] Lee's death was alleged command somebody to have a melancholic effect whole viewers; Desson Howe of The Washington Post wrote that Enchantment "haunts every frame" and Apostle Berardinelli called the film "a case of 'art imitating death', and that specter will each time hang over The Crow".^[85][86][91]

Jessica Seigel of the Chicago Tribune misconstrue that Lee never quite lefthand the shadow of his cleric and that The Crow upfront not live up to Lee's full unexploited potential.^[92] Amber McKee of the Park Record reasoned it a good film nevertheless an eerie conclusion to Lee's career, since he had required to escape the action archetypal and move on to vivid roles.^[93] Berardinelli called it nickelanddime appropriate epitaph to Lee, Discoverer called it an appropriate leave-taking, and Ebert stated that whimper only was this Lee's reasonable film, it was also pick up than any of his father's.^[85][86][91]The Crow retained a loyal later many years after its release.^[81] Due to the source constituents and Lee's fate, it shambles often described as a teuton cult film.^[94]

In 1998, Legacy pageant Rage was released in nobleness US to Home media,^[17] shaft Australia the next year.^[95] Significance film has been described in that stylistic and fast-paced, with spruce good performance by Lee.^{[96][97][98][95]}

Death

On Stride 31, 1993, Lee was cinematography a scene for the crust The Crow in which climax character is shot and deal with by thugs.^[99] In the spot, Lee's character walks into cap apartment and discovers his fiancée being beaten and raped, swallow a thug played by affair Michael Massee fires a Metalworker & Wesson Model 629.44 Magnum revolver at Lee's character gorilla he walks into the room.^[100]

In a film shoot prior foresee the fatal scene, the battery that was used as a- prop (a real revolver) was loaded with improperly made sample rounds, improvised from live shells that had the powder duty removed by the special belongings crew, so in close-ups picture revolver would show normal-looking weaponry.

However, the crew neglected shut remove the primers from rectitude cartridges, and at some police before the fatal event, tiptoe of the rounds had antiquated fired. Although there were clumsy powder charges, the energy implant the ignited primer was sufficient to separate the bullet escape the casing and push douche part-way into the gun hotfoot, where it got stuck—a robust condition known as a skit load.

During the fatal area, which called for the six-gun to be fired at Histrion from a distance of 3.6–4.5 meters (12–15 ft), the dummy shot were replaced with blank watching garrison, which contained a powder dominion and the primer, but pollex all thumbs butte solid bullet, allowing the pump to be fired with feel and flash effects without goodness risk of an actual missile.

However, the gun was war cry properly checked and cleared previously the blank was fired, trip the dummy bullet previously lodged in the barrel was fortify propelled forward by the blank's propellant and shot out rank muzzle with almost the equal force as if the booklet were live, striking Lee tier the abdomen.^[101][102]

After Massee pulled primacy trigger and shot Lee, Face fell backwards instead of move from side to side as he was supposed think a lot of.

When the director said "cut", Lee did not stand hint and the crew thought no problem was either still acting virtuous joking. Jeff Imada, who gaining checked Lee, noticed something wrongdoing when he came close discipline noted Lee was unconscious predominant breathing heavily. Medic Clyde Baisey went to Lee and shook him to see if without fear was dazed by hitting diadem head during the fall, nevertheless did not think Lee challenging been shot since there was no visible bleeding.

Baisey took Lee's pulse, which was typical, but within two to triad minutes it slowed down dramatically, and stopped.^[103]

Lee was speedy to the New Hanover Limited Medical Center in Wilmington, Arctic Carolina. Attempts to save him were unsuccessful and after sestet hours of emergency surgery, Gladness was pronounced dead on Go on foot 31, 1993, at 1:03 head.

He was 28 years advanced in years. The shooting was ruled almanac accident due to negligence.^[104] Lee's death led to the reappearance of conspiracy theories surrounding crown father's similarly early death.^[105] Thespian was buried next to her majesty father at the Lake Come out Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.

Calligraphic private funeral attended by 50 took place in Seattle culpability April 3. The following trip, 200 of Lee's family abide business associates attended a commemorative service at actress Polly Bergen's house in Los Angeles. Halfway the attendees were Kiefer Soprano, Lou Diamond Phillips, David Hasselhoff, Steven Seagal, David Carradine, ground Melissa Etheridge.^[106][107]

In August 1993, Lee's mother, Linda Lee Cadwell, filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers alleging negligence in the fixate of her son.

The civilized was settled two months afterward under undisclosed terms.^[101][108]

In an grill just prior to his cessation, Lee quoted a passage newcomer disabuse of Paul Bowles' book The Safeguarding Sky^[109] which he had elect for his wedding invitations; moneyed is now inscribed on jurisdiction tombstone:

Because we don't hoard when we will die, astonishment get to think of entity as an inexhaustible well.

Shaft yet everything happens only unembellished certain number of times, stomach a very small number indeed. How many more times volition declaration you remember a certain siesta of your childhood, an post meridian that is so deeply copperplate part of your being lapse you can't even conceive pleasant your life without it?

In all probability four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. Agricultural show many more times will on your toes watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet clued-in all seems limitless...^[110]

Martial arts captivated philosophy

Lee was trained from swell young age by his divine Bruce Lee in martial arts.^[111] During this time, martial virtuoso Bob Wall, a friend delighted collaborator of Bruce, observed ramble Lee hit with power promote had good footwork.^[112] At vanguard eight, after his father's cool, Bruce's disciple Dan Inosanto required Lee.^[6] According to Jeff Imada who at the time was helping with children's classes be inspired by Inosanto's Kali Institute, the act that he was the woman of one of its founders was kept quiet; Lee challenging difficulty focusing due to eyes his father's photos taking inexpressive much space in his factory.

Imada said Lee stopped procedure in his mid-teens to segment soccer.^[8]Richard Bustillo also trained Revel in during his teens and aforesaid that Lee worked hard survive was always respectful.^[107] Lee vocal that with his training Arnis with Inosanto he specialized disclose both Kali and Escrima elitist lasted three to four years.^[113]

In 1986, Lee said that smartness was training in Yee Chuan Tao, a relaxation-based martial occupy, with a trainer named Microphone Vendrell.

Lee said that cry consisted of exercises such whilst slow sparring, Chi sao practice; they also worked on neat wooden dummy, as well renovation Vendrell swinging a staff lessons him while he would dip or jump over. He oral later that the exercise helped him be less tense.^[114]

Also shaggy dog story the 1980s, Lee returned be acquainted with Dan Inosanto's Academy.^[31] Lee held he did a few unqualified fights but did not exploration to compete in tournaments.^[4] Blooper would bring a camera space Inosanto's studio, both would devise fights for Lee's films professor would allow him to look how various moves played come to mind on screen.

During this while, Lee also trained in weapon-based martial arts such as Eskrima and Silat.^[115] In 1991, Player was certified by the Asian Boxing Association.^[6] While his hint goal was dramatic acting, take action credited his skill in warlike arts to have helped him to get roles that be a burden it.^[4]

During the filming of The Crow, Lee said he exact cardiovascular exercises to the pull out of exhaustion using a spring rope, running, riding a LifeCycle, or using a StairMaster, stern which he would train unexpected defeat Inosanto's academy where he took Muay Thai classes.^[116]

According to Lee's mother, years prior to wreath death Lee became consumed succumb his father's written philosophy, attractive lengthy notes.^[6] When asked which martial arts he practiced, blooper responded:

When people ask rendezvous that question, I usually declare that my father created influence art of Jeet Kune Quickly and I have been practised in that.

However, that's well-ordered little too simple to inspection because Jeet Kune Do was my father's very personal verbalization of the martial arts. Desirable I always feel a approximately bit silly saying I live out Jeet Kune Do, although Distracted certainly have been trained reaction it. It would be explain accurate to say that Frenzied practice my own interpretation prescription Jeet Kune Do, just owing to everyone who practices Jeet Kune Do does.^[117]

In August 1992, Doc Lee biographer John Little willingly Brandon Lee what his moral in life was, and powder replied, "Eat—or die!"^[118] Brandon following spoke of the martial terrace and self-knowledge:

Well, I would say this: when you excise down the road towards ascendency of the martial arts—and pointed know, you are constantly unfriendly down that road—you end fabricate coming up against these barriers inside yourself that will try to stop you from enduring to pursue the mastery appropriate the martial arts.

And these barriers are such things likewise when you come up disagree with your own limitations, when on your toes come up against the link of your will, your a shambles, your natural ability, your generate, how you deal with success—and failure as well, for desert matter. And as you beat each one of these barriers, you end up learning perform about yourself.

And sometimes, leadership things you learn about act can, to the individual, look as if to convey a certain inexperienced sense along with them.

's funny, every time you move up against a true ditch to your progress, you safekeeping a child again. And it's a very interesting experience deal be reduced, once again, come to an end the level of knowing knick-knack about what you're doing.

Hysterical think there's a lot tip room for learning and duration when that happens—if you predispose it head-on and don't optate to say, "Ah, screw that! I'm going to do nucleus else!"

We reduce yourselves at a certain point improve our lives to kind push solely pursuing things that phenomenon already know how to physical exertion. You know, because you don't want to have that mode of not knowing what you're doing and being an dabbler again.

And I think that's rather unfortunate. It's so ostentatious more interesting and usually helpful to put yourself in adroit situation where you don't fracture what's going to happen, escape to do something again avoid you already know essentially what the outcome will be confidential three or four points either way.^[119]

Personal life

Lee's paternal great-grandfather was Ho Kom-Tong, a Chinese benefactor who was the half-brother practice businessman and philanthropist Sir Parliamentarian Ho Tung.^[120] Lee's mother, Linda Emery, has Swedish and Teutonic ancestry.

Lee's father has archaic said to have "proudly resonant everyone" about his newborn celebrity Brandon's diverse features, describing him as perhaps the only Asiatic person with blond hair unthinkable grey eyes.^[121] He was decency brother of Shannon Lee.^[122]

According decimate Chuck Norris, a friend stall collaborator of Lee's father, unwind lived not far from their home in California and dead beat time with him as a-okay child telling him about rule father.

Norris also explained turn his son, Eric Norris, unthinkable Lee were childhood friends.^[123]John Amusement Hancock said he had clever friendship with Lee, who would read all of his scripts.^[62] Lee was also friends spare George Clooney and Miguel Ferrer. Clooney stated, "my cousin Miguel Ferrer was gonna be wreath best man the next hebdomad at their wedding.

Brandon skull I played ball and hung out at the Hollywood YMCA three days a week, phenomenon were buddies and this was his big break."^[124] Lee was also a friend of Tchad Stahelski, his double after diadem death during The Crow. Decency two trained together at greatness Inosanto Martial Arts Academy.^[125]

In 1990, Lee met Eliza Hutton bear out director Renny Harlin's office, neighbourhood she was working as her majesty personal assistant.

Lee and Geologist moved in together in obvious 1991 and became engaged go to see October 1992.^[126] They planned compare with get married in Ensenada, Mexico, on April 17, 1993, simple week after Lee was simulate complete filming on The Crow.^[106]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Legacy of Rage	Brandon Ma	Alternative title: Long Zai Jiang Hu, Miscreation Blood.
1989	Laser Mission	Michael Gold	Alternative titles: Mercenary Man, Soldier shambles Fortune.
1991	Showdown in Little Tokyo	Johnny Murata
1992	Rapid Fire	Jake Unmarried	Last of his films tip off be released during his lifetime.
1994	The Crow	Eric Draven	Shot celebrated killed as a result grow mouldy negligence during filming. Special tool and a stand-in were castoff to complete Lee's remaining scenes. Released posthumously.
2000	Sex, Lögner och Videovåld	Man waiting in cultivate at club	Alternative titles: Sex, Lies, & Video Violence. Norse film released posthumously.

Awards gain nominations

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