Brandon Lee went down in history as the only son of the legendary actor Bruce Lee who tried
to follow his father's footsteps on the big screen.
He was an attractive and talented and although martial arts weren’t his passion, he had
amazing skills just like his father.
Unfortunately, he met his father’s fate when he died accidentally on a filming set
when he was only 28.
Our CurioSips team found everything you wanna know about the life of Brandon Lee, the son
of Bruce Lee!
Brandon Lee was born in 1965, a year after the wedding of his parents, college professor
Linda Emery, and Bruce Lee.
As soon as Brandon learned how to walk, his father started teaching him martial arts.
The first thing Bruce showed him was simply how to kick.
By the age of 6, young Brandon could break a board with his own legs.
His father’s passion for martial arts influenced Brandon's whole life.
From a young age, he watched various celebrities coming to their backyard to train and he couldn’t
stop watching them.
He met figures like Chuck Norris and the basketball player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, among others.
Brandon's friends were afraid to visit him when he was too aggressive at home...
When Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong in 1973, Brandon's mother took Shannon, their 3-year-old
daughter, and Brandon, 8, to the United States.
And finally, they settled in California.
Since then, the media hasn’t stopped talking about the mysterious death of Bruce Lee, linking
it to the Chinese mafia, voodoo, and various narcotic substances.
This wasn’t helping Brandon to overcome the loss of his father at all.
For the following years, the young Lee stopped training martial arts, because the memories
of his father were still too fresh.
In addition, he refused to follow his father's path of the Jeet Kune Do, the martial art
created by Bruce.
However, Brandon was very similar to his father, and during his adolescence, he was even expelled
from two schools.
On the other hand, Brandon was a protective brother, and he took care of his sister Shannon
and was a good example for her.
Once, Shannon, who is 4 years younger than him, got into trouble because she ran away
from home and drove a car without a license.
Brandon was super understanding but asked her to be more careful.
Brandon's friends remember him as a young funny guy with an outstanding level of energy,
and with a single dream to become an actor.
But Brandon's ambition was to be a drama actor, not to be like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
Finally, at age 17, he left school and began his career as an actor.
At the age of 20, he got a small role in the TV movie Kung Fu: The Movie, in 1985, and
the following year he starred in the Chinese film "Legacy of Rage".
In both projects, he demonstrated a natural talent for martial arts and acting.
After that, he started receiving many other offers.
At first, despite his charisma, he was only recognized for action movies.
Being the son of Bruce Lee also had left its mark.
For that reason, his manager, Jan McCormack, said it was time to let go of the past and
move forward.
Brandon asked his mother for a word of advice, and she told him Bruce would be proud to see
his son shining on the big screen.
In this way, Brandon agreed to honor the legacy of Bruce Lee and returned to training martial
arts.
Brandon didn’t plan on sticking to the field that made his father famous.
In CurioSips we are convinced that if he hadn’t passed away, he would surely become a movie
star like Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt.
Brandon finally debuted in Hollywood with films like "Showdown in Little Tokyo", 1991,
and "Rapid Fire ", in 1992.
And at that time he was offered to play his father in the documentary "Dragon: The Bruce
Lee Story".
However, Brandon refused the role as he still wasn’t ready!
The director Alex Proyas asked him for the role in "The Crow", a film that was released
in 1993, but Brandon never got to see it finished ... The Crow was the story of a rock star
who had been murdered by a band of criminals and was brought back to life for revenge.
The filming of this project was tough because almost the entire film was shot at night during
the rain and freezing temperatures.
To make things worse, Brandon was almost always topless.
During the whole process of filming, the crew was facing difficulties, until the worst happened…
In one of the last scenes, Brandon Brandon had to take the bullets from one of the villains,
played by the actor Michael Massee.
Unfortunately, the gun still had an empty cartridge bullet inside, which was previously
used to film close shots of the weapon.
The oversight of the technicians ended Brandon's life in a few hours.
Brandon died on March 31, 1993.
He had been engaged to his girlfriend Eliza Hutton for 1 year, and they were planning
to marry in Mexico, on April 17 of that same year.
The film was a success, and the character played by Brandon received recognition from
the public and critics.
But the most unfortunate thing is that Brandon died in the same way as the character played
by his father in the film "Game with Death"... by an accidental shot.
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