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Quentin Tarantino always seems to find himself in the middle of some scandal or another, whether it’s for the amount of gratuitous violence in his movies, his pervasive use of offensive language, or destroying a priceless historical artifact. But in the case of his 2019 film “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,” he was accused of rewriting history and offending one of the greatest action heroes in the history of the industry. The film focused on an actor and a stuntman working in Tinseltown in the 1970s, and the tizzy concerned a scene that involved a fictionalized portrayal of iconic martial arts movie man Bruce Lee.
In the scene, Lee (Mike Moh) confronts stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), and an altercation ensues that sees the “Enter the Dragon” star tossed aside. Friends, family, and fans of Lee were offended by the portrayal of the Hollywood legend as a loudmouth malcontent and somewhat inept fighter, and caught in the middle of the hubbub was the actor who played him. While Tarantino adamantly stood by the scene, insisting that the real Lee had a disrespect for his stuntmen, Moh was also forced to chime in.
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“I’m not going to tell you what the original script had exactly, but when I read it, I was so conflicted because he’s my hero,” Moh told Birth.Death.Movies, defending the on-screen match-up with Pitt. “After I got slammed, I get serious. And then we get into this scuffle, which is stopped — so, it’s a tie.”
