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CHAN WAI MAN TALKS TO BEY LOGAN ABOUT BRANDON LEE
| Chan Wai Man: I feel that anyone making an obvious effort to copy Bruce Lee is going to get laughed at! If anyone can be allowed to imitate him, then it's his son, Brandon. In fact, I once introduced Brandon to some Japanese investors who wanted to make a film with him. They felt that Jackie Chan had dominated the Japanese market for too long. They wanted to find a new movie star. I flew to Tokyo with Brandon. Now, Bruce was great, right, but sometimes it's not 'like father, like son'. At that time, Brandon was such a 'sor jai' (silly boy). He was very stubborn. He didn't want me to tell people Bruce Lee was his father. He'd say: "I'm my own man! I'm Brandon Lee!". The Japanese producers wanted him to make a kung fu movie. They wanted him to learn the Bruce Lee style. They said: "Bruce Lee's blood flows in your body. If you learn a little of the Bruce Lee style, that's good. People will accept it." We felt the Japanese people would like this. Some other people who looked like Bruce Lee, Ho Chung To (Bruce Li), Tang Lung, Huang King Lung (Bruce Le), they all tried to follow Bruce Lee, but the Japanese market will not accept him. We felt that they would accept the son of Bruce Lee. Anyway, this was eight years ago, and I drew up a contract with the Japanese for three year contract. For this first film, he'd get paid H.K. $2 million dollars. Second movie, H.K. $3 million.
Bey Logan: So why dldn't Brandon ever make these films? Chan Wai Man: Because he told them he didn't want to make action films. He wanted to make a love story! He said that he hadn't learnt enough from his father to do a martial arts film. Then, we had a big dinner for him in Japan, and he turned up in scruffy jeans and a t-shirt, young American boy style! Ai Yahh! I gave him a slap round the head and sent him back to America! I was very angry. Bey Logan: What do you thlnk hls problem was? Chan Wai Man: I think that, at that time, he was angry at his father, because, being the son of Bruce Lee, everyone expected him to be like Bruce Lee. I told him: You're only worth 2 million dollars because you're Bruce Lee's son! If you were not his son, you're not worth twenty dollars!" Bey Logan: I remember Bolo Yeung telling me he had similar problems with Brandon when they made Legacy of Rage for D and B In Hong Kong....
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