Legendary Bruce Lee: family photos of the actor

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Bruce Lee starred in 36 films in his life, and almost the same number of documentaries and feature films about the actor himself were shot after his death. Bruce was the man who reimagined the martial arts world in cinematography. On stage, he was a fearless hero who overcame any difficulties on the way to justice, a stern and ruthless fighter. In ordinary life, Bruce Lee was a smiling and charming person who loved his family with all his heart. Our review today is a few color photographs of the great fighter as a loving family man.

At the age of 14, Bruce was completely different from himself as an adult - puny, frail, fidgety, and completely unable to concentrate on one thing (and therefore did not shine with much success at school). Instead of studying, Bruce decided to take dance lessons - only 4 years of training and he suddenly wins the cha-cha-cha dance championship in Hong Kong. Hardly anyone expected such success from him, but the guy had his own plans. Having achieved success in this field, he decided that it was time to take new heights. Bruce came to the kung fu teacher and said: "".

Literally a year later, Bruce went to America to confirm his citizenship (he was born in the United States while his parents were on tour there). And stayed there. An acquaintance of his father gave him a job as a waiter, Yuryus entered the University of Washington at the Faculty of Philosophy. During his studies, he met his future wife Linda. She later bore him two children: a son, Brandon, and a daughter, Shannon.

Around the same time, Bruce began acting in television series, giving private martial arts lessons. However, he could not achieve serious success, and this greatly upset him. To the extent that in order to get the lead role in the film, Bruce moved the whole family back to Hong Kong, where he persuaded the director of the studio to give him the opportunity to play in the film and direct all the action scenes. Apparently, Bruce was quite convincing: the movie "Big Boss" was an incredible success. The films that followed had a larger budget and even greater success.

Bruce's son Lee Brandon, like his father, was engaged in martial arts and tried himself in acting. Unfortunately, he died tragically during the filming of his fifth film "The Raven" (1993), which tells about the original return of the protagonist after death to this world in order to avenge the death of his girlfriend. At that time, Brandon was only 28 years old. Shannon Lee, Bruce's youngest daughter, is also a martial artist. She now heads the Bruce Lee Foundation.

Bruce Lee's films later inspired many other actors and directors, including Quentin Tarantino, who made a great, largely Chinese-inspired, two-part Kill Bill film.