00:00Bruce Lee's friends and family were not too thrilled about the late iconic star's
00:13portrayal in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but director Quentin Tarantino was having
00:17none of it. The late actor is played by Mike Moe in the Sony Picture and is seen as
00:21cocky to say the least, claiming he could have crippled Muhammad Ali, referred to as
00:25Cassius Clay. Brad Pitt's character Cliff Booth laughs at Lee's arrogant
00:29behavior and the two get into a friendly match of who can knock the other down three
00:33times without hitting their face. Friends and family of the actual Lee who died in 1973
00:38at the age of 32 said he did not act like that and took it a step further by saying he
00:42would never lose a fight to Brad Pitt. But while doing press for the film in Russia,
00:46Tarantino disagreed saying Lee was actually kind of an arrogant guy. He went on to say
00:51if people are saying, well he never said he could beat up Muhammad Ali, well yeah he did.
00:55Not only did he say that, but his wife Linda Lee said that in her first biography I ever read.
01:00She absolutely said it. The filmmaker also addressed the claim that Lee would never lose to
01:04Brad Pitt saying, if you ask me the question, who would win in a fight, Bruce Lee or Dracula?
01:09It's the same question, it's a fictional character. If I say Cliff can beat Bruce Lee up,
01:14he's a fictional character, so he could beat Bruce Lee up.
01:17For more on this story head to THR.com and until next time for The Hollywood Reporter News,
01:21I'm Neha Joy.
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