Bruce Lee’s daughter slams Tarantino, says she’s bored with ‘white males’ calling her father ‘conceited’

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee has slammed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino after he dismissed the criticism of his depiction of the martial arts legend in his film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

Tarantino’s impression of Bruce Lee was condemned by Shannon Lee and followers throughout the globe for exhibiting the late actor as an conceited determine who loses a combat in opposition to the ageing stuntman Cliff Booth, performed by Brad Pitt, within the 2019 movie. American-Korean actor Mike Moh essayed the function of Bruce Lee in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

During a current look on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Tarantino as soon as once more defended his interpretation of Bruce Lee, saying whereas he understands Shannon Lee’s earlier criticism, he does not care about others.

Following his remarks, in a visitor column for The Hollywood Reporter, Shannon Lee urged Tarantino to “take a pass on commenting further” about her father and expressed frustration with “white men in Hollywood trying to tell me who Bruce Lee was.”

“I’m tired of hearing from white men in Hollywood that he was arrogant and an a*****. When they have no idea and cannot fathom what it might have taken to get work in 1960s and ’70s Hollywood as a Chinese man with (God forbid) an accent, or to try to express an opinion on a set as a perceived foreigner and person of color.  I’m tired of white men in Hollywood mistaking his confidence, passion, and skill for hubris and therefore finding it necessary to marginalize him and his contributions. I’m tired of white men in Hollywood finding it too challenging to believe that Bruce Lee might have really been good at what he did and maybe even knew how to do it better than them,” she wrote.

In his interview with Rogan, Tarantino additionally claimed that Bruce Lee had “nothing but disrespect for stuntmen”.

“He was always hitting them with his feet, he was always tagging- it’s called tagging when you hit a stuntman for real,” stated the director.

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, additionally featured actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.

The movie was nominated in 10 classes on the 92nd Academy Award and led to Pitt profitable his first Oscar trophy in finest supporting actor class.

The film, billed as a love letter to the golden age of Hollywood, additionally bagged an Oscar for finest manufacturing design.