Almost 50 years after Bruce Lee said studio executives wouldn't make his TV show pitch, which he attributed in part to their unwillingness to cast an Asian lead, Cinemax is bringing the legendary martial artist's project to life.
Graham Barrholomew / Cinemax/HBOAlmost 50 years after Bruce Lee said studio executives wouldn't make his TV show pitch, which he, Cinemax is bringing the legendary martial artist's project to life.
“I was like, ‘Why is there a Caucasian man speaking in broken English?’” Lin said at a press event. “It stayed with me.” “I felt like there was an opportunity to correct a wrong, to really try to honor what he was trying to do,” Lin, an executive producer of the show, said referring to Bruce Lee.David Bloomer / Cinemax/HBO
“Watching Westerns growing up, you’re like, ‘Wait, there’s Chinese Americans in the West, but they’re always like extras,” Lin said. “And history classes, you’re lucky to have two sentences about the Chinese-American experience.” The way the Chinese characters speak is also intended to have the audience identify with them. While the show’s politicians and Irish characters speak period-appropriate English, the Chinese characters — who canonically speak Cantonese to each other — have a modern English vocabulary when on screen.Though the show touches on several modern themes, Shannon Lee said the decision to explore these ideas was her father's.
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