Chuck Norris once called his act against Bruce Lee “an all-time classic martial arts fight scene” despite its illegal nature

Bruce Lee was a multi-talented legend who changed the image of Asian films in Hollywood. It bridged the gap between East and West bringing a new genre of movies. Time Magazine once named Lee one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century! He is often credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts. Lee is considered the most influential martial artist of all time and was once part of a classic martial arts fight scene with Chuck Norris.

The Hollywood legend once shared his thoughts on the scene and his legal status, and it’s interesting!

Chuck Norris once shared his thoughts on a fight scene with Bruce Lee

Chuck Norris once shared his thoughts on the legendary fight scene between him and Bruce Lee. He said, “The wonderful fight scene in The Way of the Dragon is really something else altogether, especially considering that the scene was filmed illegally because the crew didn’t have the proper permits.” Norris called it, “The all-time classic martial arts fight scene”

Norris explained how the scene was shot illegally without prior permission from authorities. In fact, he revealed that Lee had bribed some of the officials to allow them to shoot for a while at the scene. Thanks to this, they could shoot even if they did not have a permit.

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Norris shared that they managed to get about an hour before they were told to wrap up. The local authorities only granted them this time to do the filming. Despite such a short time, they managed to complete filming.

Lee was into poetry!

Apart from martial arts, Bruce Lee was also in poetry. He used it as a means of self-expression. His poems first work in manuscript. John Little then edited and published them. His wife also shared many of his works. She calls Lee’s poems rather dark, something that reflects the less exposed parts of the human psyche.

It was interesting to hear about the fun experiences Norris and Lee had together. Norris revealed a lot about the funny incident while filming the famous fight scene. It would be interesting to hear more about these similar incidents involving Lee.

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