![]() ![]() ![]() While Lee was perfect for the role, the same couldn't be said about rookie cinematographer Gil Hubbs. Actors Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, John Saxon and Ahna Capri appear on a poster for the movie Enter the Dragon, 1973. Weintraub and Heller continued relentlessly and finally secured enough international funding to produce "Enter the Dragon." Although set in Hong Kong, the movie featured two established American stars, John Saxon and Jim Kelly, and conventions similar to a James Bond film to make it seem more familiar to American audiences. 'Man, you come right out of a comic book. He appeared on the short-lived TV show "The Green Hornet," but his only other English-speaking film was 1969's "Marlowe," and he lost out on the role of Kwai Chang Caine in the TV series "Kung Fu." Making any American production with Lee was difficult because, as Weintraub explains, in 1973, "Never had a Chinese man been played by an actual Chinese." A little silly but majorly awesome, Bruce Lees Enter the Dragon is an action-packed feast of martial arts, that feels like a 70s mesh up of Mortal Kombat and James Bond. Lee had dabbled in Hollywood previously with little success. ![]() That led the pair to Lee, who was already a Hong Kong martial arts film legend and martial arts trainer to Hollywood stars. ![]()
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