Jackie Chan And Bruce Lee Film
While bruce lee is widely considered the greatest ever action star of asian origin jackie chan comes a close second.
Jackie chan and bruce lee film. Now in a recent instagram post jackie chan remembers being on the set with the hong kong america martial arts icon during the making of enter the dragon that film made lee a star the world. Jackie chan began his film career as a stuntman and worked on two of bruce lee s films fist of fury 1972 in which he also had a tiny role as a japanese martial arts student and enter the. An early bruce lee film found in the chinese archives which introduces the new sensation dragon lee and bruce li the complete fury of martial arts as never before.
The attempt to make chan like lee was much more subtle than it was with actors like bruce li and bruce le but the similarities were still there especially in the movie new fist of fury which was chan s first starring role. Jackie chan was one of several nameless opponents that bruce lee s character had to fight at once in a particular scene. Top 5 bruce lee and jackie chan movies.
The film which was a sequel to bruce lee s second movie clearly pushed chan toward being the new bruce lee. However jet li might have a claim to that number 2 spot too. At the age of 17 he worked as a stuntman in the bruce lee films fist of fury and enter the dragon under the stage name chen yuen long.
Jackie chan worked as a stunt man in bruce lee movies. Lee is heralded as the founder of the martial arts philosophy known as jeet kune do. This is an appearance of his in a movie enter the dragon where bruce lee fights him.
