Director Ang Lee Casts Son Mason Lee to Play Bruce Lee in New Film
to play the late martial arts expert, marking the third time Mason will appear in a feature film directed by his father. The movie—eponymously titledAng noted that the drama will center around the identity and career of Bruce—known for films such as—who is highly regarded as the pop culture icon that helped popularize martial arts in late 1960s and early 1970s.
"Accepted as neither fully American nor Fully Chinese, Bruce Lee was a bridge between East and West who introduced Chinese Gung Fu to the world, a scientist of combat and an iconic performing artist who revolutionized both the martial arts and action cinema," Ang said in a Nov. 30 press release.
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