Will the Kung Fu remake right the wrongs suffered by Bruce Lee?
(The Guardian Culture News)

After Lee was passed over for David Carradine to star in the 70s TV series, Universal must cast an Asian actor for its forthcoming filmOne of the most startling moments in Quentin Tarantino´s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the scene in which Brad Pitt´s Cliff Booth humiliates Bruce Lee (played by Mike Moh) after he boasts of his martial-arts prowess. It has drawn criticism from Lee´s daughter Shannon Lee for portraying her late father as an `arrogant asshole who was full of hot air`, while Tarantino has defended his film as a work of fiction, albeit one, he insists, that has some grounding in truth. It´s sad that while the Pulp Fiction film-maker chose to lionise David Carradine, the star of 1970s TV show Kung Fu, in his Kill Bill movies, he decided to bring the late Hong Kong star back to life by portraying him as full of youthful truculence and hubris. Related: Bruce Lee`s daughter on resurrecting his lost TV epic: `We righted the wrong` Continue reading...