Have you ever heard the name Brandon Lee? Yes, he is the son of famous Bruce Lee and he follows in his father's footsteps. We can learn more about this young actor in the interview for Video Plus magazine.
Video Plus: You were born in Oakland but grew up in Hong Kong. Do you feel like Asian?
Brandon Lee: No, I'm American. Though all my friends were Chinese when I was a child I used to fly with my parents between California and Hong Kong. Thus I missed Halloween several times which I was really sorry for.
VP: Bruce Lee died when you were eight years old. Were you already connected with your father at the time?
Lee: Yes, there was at least one boy in every school who defied me to the fight. I had to beat him up so the others left me alone.
VP: Did your father teach you how to fight?
Lee: Yes, it happened the natural way. I learned some techniques as soon as I could walk. There still has been some connection between us because Danny Inosanto continues my training. He is one of his students who uses the method "make the best of useful, ignore all useless and put your personality in."
VP: What is the difference between the movie fight and the real street-fight?
Lee: Real fight scenes would be too fast for camera so it is necessary to adapt certain things. Even my father thought that it wasn't too smart to want to use hips in the real fight because you can get rival's head much faster with hands. It must look good in the movie, in real life man doesn't need any choreography.
VP: How do you see yourself in Hollywood?
Lee: As a student. My aim is to make a movie after its finishing one doesn't have to spend three weeks in hospital. The problem is that fight movies are always somehow connected with a vengeance. There are about four different stories which are repeated continuously.
VP: Which stars do you respect?
Lee: Steven Seagal for his choreographies and then Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan. Otherwise I like Brando, DeNiro and Tom Hanks and John Malkovich from the younger generation.
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Parabola 48/1992
Translated by Arwen with kind help of Monika.
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