It's 50 years since Lee became a global icon – having died just before Enter the Dragon's release. Tom Gray talks to its producer Andre Morgan, among others, about his star's legacy
The plot revolves around Lee infiltrating a deadly martial-arts tournament that's being used as a front to disguise drug trafficking and prostitution. Conveniently, this allows the hero to showcase his skills at the expense of several bad guys – and Lee is firmly in his element. Established US actor John Saxon , who dabbled in the martial arts, provides assistance, as does US martial artist Jim Kelly , who dabbled in acting.
But despite any shortcomings, Enter the Dragon remains the most influential martial-arts movie ever made. Lee's last film Game of Death was released posthumously, five years after his death, but only featured small amounts of footage of him Life would imitate art on the set of Enter the Dragon. With scores of extras on the movie – many of whom were members of the Hong Kong-based triad gangs, with backgrounds in martial arts and street fighting – Lee presented a tantalising target for a real-life encounter.
"Bruce pushed himself as hard as anyone has ever pushed themselves – to the point of exhaustion, to the point of dehydration, mental exhaustion, physical exhaustion – but it was well within his tolerance. He knew exactly what he was doing," said Morgan. He loved acting, but had he lived, he would have improved as a director and a scriptwriter. And he would have taken part in projects that were more story driven – Ricky Baker
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