Divergences From Real Life
Lee started training in Wing Chun at the age of 13 after losing a fight with bullies, not because of inner demons.
Lee´s first student in the USA was Jesse Glover and they were in touch from 1959–1962. Bruce met Linda in 1963. In the movie Glover was named Jerome Sprout, and met Lee 1963 or 1964 when he and Linda were a couple already.
While making The Green Hornet, Van Williams actively petitioned the studio in support of equal screentime for his non-white co-star. Williams' pleas to the studio fell on deaf ears.
Wong Jack Man did not kick Bruce Lee in the back while Lee was walking away from the fight. The fight did take place, but it was at Lee's own school, not at the temple seen in the film. Bruce won successfully, but his fighting style was very limited at the time. This fight was the reason that Lee would develop his own style, Jeet Kune do. Lee's back injury is based on his months long hospitalization due to pinching his sacral nerve while doing weighted good-mornings. In the movie Wong was named Johnny Sun.
There was no rematch between Lee and Wong Jack Man or a fight against Wong Jack Man's brother while making The Big Boss. However, a challenge match did take place between the real Bruce Lee and a local Thai boxer while filming The Big Boss.
The book Tao of Jeet Kune Do was published after Lee's death.
Linda in the closing narration states that Lee died three weeks before the release of Enter the Dragon. Lee died six days before the film's release.
The ending of Dragon only says that Lee died from a mysterious coma of unknown cause. In reality, there was more information about the cause of death.
Read more about this topic: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
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