Academy Award winning Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee is all set to direct a biopic on the martial art legend Bruce Lee. The director has made wonderful films in the past and has gathered many feathers on his cap with his unique style and storytelling.
His films like ‘Sense And Sensibility’, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ gathered him huge worldwide popularity. He has won two Oscars for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and ‘Life Of Pi’. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Apart from that he has won multiple Golden Globe and BAFTA wins. Ang Lee is definitely the most appropriate person to direct a movie on Bruce Lee. He gets the cultural identification right with stories from any corner of the world, and he has experience in martial art direction.
The biopic of the legendary Bruce Lee is indeed a dream come true for many fans and near and dear ones of the actor. The opportunity of making his biopic was brought to Ang Lee by Bruce’s wife and daughter. The project had been put to waiting for a long time and the director has stated that it took him years to think of a way in which he can pull off the biopic.
Bruce Lee’s son Mason Lee is supposed to be cast as his father in the movie and Ang has said that he plans to start working on the project pretty soon because, as he said, ‘neither of us are getting any younger.’
Previously, Bruce Lee was portrayed in small parts in movies like ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ or in the ‘Ip Man’ franchise. But a full fledged biopic from such a talented director will be loved by fans like nothing else.