Polly continued by showing various quotes that illustrated Lee’s respect for Ali.īUT when asked directly by John Saxon if he could beat Ali, Bruce replied, “Look at my hand. One critic wrote: ‘Those who watched him would bet on Lee to render Cassius Clay senseless if they were put in a room and told that anything goes.” (pg. Quentin Tarantinos Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has attracted its share of vitriol regarding the movies treatment of Bruce Lee, but its fiercest critic. “Even the most scathing critics admitted that Bruce’s gungfu was sensational. Bruce Lees standout scene from 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' focuses on his off-camera behavior on the set of 'The Green Hornet. One critic wrote: ‘Those who watched him would bet on Lee to render Cassius Clay senseless if they were put in a room and told that anything goes.’’” Polly then quoted Linda Lee’s book: “‘Even the most scathing critics admitted that Bruce’s gungfu was sensational. Quentin Tarantino weaves truth and fiction in 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.' We handle burning questions (spoiler-free) around the film's veracity.
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“WRONG: Linda was quoting a TV critic.” Polly tweeted. (Spoiler warning: Many details follow about the Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and about Tarantino’s new novelization especially about Bruce Lee and Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt.) Yes, Bruce Lee and Cliff Booth really did fight to the extent that you can say a.
The biography Tarantino references is titled “Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew,” which Lee’s widow, Linda Lee, published in 1978.Īnother Lee biographer, Matthew Polly, tweeted afterwards that Tarantino was most likely referencing a portion of Linda Lee’s book where she was quoting a TV critic. Brad Pitt Objected to an Even Worse Bruce Lee Fight Scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood By Princess Weekes Aug 6th, 2019, 3:33 pm Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a success.