Why is the Bruce Lee biopic Birth of the Dragon starring a white guy?
[adrotate banner=”1”]The news hit the interwebz recently that a Bruce Lee biopic called Birth of the Dragon is moving forward, with George Nolfi of The Adjustment Bureaufame attached as director. The film will be about Lee’s 1965 duel with martial arts master Wong Jack Man, which ultimately was about whether non-Chinese people should be taught kung fu. Though reports vary on the winner, the…
they legit made up a white guy to be the main character rather than have Bruce Lee be the main character.
Which is kinda choice because Bruce Lee was an Asian American main character in the 1970s…but in the 2010s barely any films have an Asian American main character, and even the film about Bruce Lee won’t.