Bruce Lee’s daughter comments on Quentin Tarantino’s controversial portrayal of her father: ‘A lot of people saw my father as arrogant’

Since before the release of Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019), which arrived in Brazilian cinemas on August 15, 2019, Shannon Leedaughter of Bruce Leecriticized the way in which Quentin Tarantino portrayed her father in the film. Just over four years after the film’s release, she spoke about the subject again.

It is worth remembering how in the 2019 film, the legendary martial artist and actor is portrayed as arrogant and aggressive towards the stuntman Cliff Boothplayed by Brad Pitt, and proceeds to humiliate him in a fight. Second Tarantinothis behavior of Lee was known behind the scenes Hollywood.

During an interview with The Telegraph, Shannon stated how the filmmaker’s portrayal of his father comes from the fact that the director believes “negative” stories about him. “Never met [Quentin Tarantino]. I don’t know what his problems are with my father. Clearly, he thinks my dad is cool, because he borrowed a lot of things from him,” he said.

But at the same time, I think he heard a lot of stories of people who met my father and had a negative reaction.

“I have to say, in my experience, the stories are mostly from white men,” he continued Shannon. “I think that Quentin You may have heard many of these stories and believe them. I think a lot of people saw my father as arrogant, you know?”

Quentin Tarantino responds to criticism of Bruce Lee scene in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood: ‘Suck some d**k’

Quentin Tarantino spoke about the controversial moments of his career in a new interview with Joe Rogan Experiencevia The Hollywood Reporterepisode released in June 2021. One of the topics discussed by the iconic filmmaker was the scene of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood.

The fight of Bruce Lee was criticized for portraying the martial arts legend as a braggart defeated by Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt): “I can understand his daughter having a problem with this, it’s her f***ing father, I understand. But anyone else [pode] suck a dick. If you look at it, it’s obvious that Cliff deceived him, that’s how he was able to [vencê-lo]is explained a little more in the book.”

The director continued: “Stuntmen hated bruce in The Green Hornetis in the book of Matthew Polly. bruce had nothing but disrespect for North American stuntmen […] it got to the point where they refused to work with him.”

“I wanted to make it feel real. […] If Cliff fight with Bruce Lee at a martial arts competition at Madison Square Garden, Cliff wouldn’t have a chance. But like a killer […]he would kill him”, he concluded.

It is worth remembering that the book written by Quentin Tarantino is scheduled to be released in 2021 by Intrinsic Publisherand will expand the universe of Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019), which won two statuettes from Oscarin 2020 and was a success with audiences and critics.

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood

Mix of drama and comedy, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood was directed by Quentin Tarantino to follow Hollywood at the end of the 1960s, when it begins to transform. The story follows the TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), who try to keep up with the changes.