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  • Bruce Lee’s daughter slams Tarantino, says she’s tired of ‘white men’ calling her father ‘arrogant’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee has slammed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino after he dismissed the criticism of his depiction of the martial arts legend in his movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

    Tarantino’s impression of Bruce Lee was condemned by Shannon Lee and fans across the globe for showing the late actor as an arrogant figure who loses a fight against the ageing stuntman Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, in the 2019 film. American-Korean actor Mike Moh essayed the role of Bruce Lee in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

    During a recent appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Tarantino once again defended his interpretation of Bruce Lee, saying while he understands Shannon Lee’s previous criticism, he doesn’t care about others.

    Following his remarks, in a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, Shannon Lee urged Tarantino to “take a pass on commenting further” about her father and expressed frustration with “white men in Hollywood trying to tell me who Bruce Lee was.”

    “I’m tired of hearing from white men in Hollywood that he was arrogant and an a*****. When they have no idea and cannot fathom what it might have taken to get work in 1960s and ’70s Hollywood as a Chinese man with (God forbid) an accent, or to try to express an opinion on a set as a perceived foreigner and person of color.  I’m tired of white men in Hollywood mistaking his confidence, passion, and skill for hubris and therefore finding it necessary to marginalize him and his contributions. I’m tired of white men in Hollywood finding it too challenging to believe that Bruce Lee might have really been good at what he did and maybe even knew how to do it better than them,” she wrote.

    In his interview with Rogan, Tarantino also claimed that Bruce Lee had “nothing but disrespect for stuntmen”.

    “He was always hitting them with his feet, he was always tagging- it’s called tagging when you hit a stuntman for real,” said the director.

    “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, also featured actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.

    The film was nominated in 10 categories at the 92nd Academy Award and led to Pitt winning his first Oscar trophy in best supporting actor category.

    The movie, billed as a love letter to the golden age of Hollywood, also bagged an Oscar for best production design.

  • Quentin Tarantino reconfirms retirement after his next film

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Director Quentin Tarantino has reiterated his plans to retire after making one more film as the Oscar-nominated filmmaker believes it is better to bid adieu when one is at their peak.

    Tarantino, known for avant garde films like “Pulp Fiction”, “Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2”, and “Inglourious Basterds”, said he wants to quit as he has given his 30-year long career “everything” he had.

    The director confirmed his plans to retire after his tenth film on “Real Time With Bill Maher” on which he appeared to promote his novel “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, based on his ninth film of the same name.

    “You’re too young to quit and you’re at the top of your game,” Maher said.

    To which Tarantino, 58, replied, “That’s why I want to quit”.

    “Because I know film history and from here on end, directors do not get better,” he added as the audience cheered him on.

    The filmmaker said he has had a “really long career”.

    “I don’t have a reason that I would want to say out loud that’s going to win any argument in the court of public opinion or supreme court or anything like that. At the same time, working for 30 years doing as many movies as I’ve done is not as many as other people but that’s a long career. That’s a really long career. And I’ve given it everything I have,” Tarantino added.

    Maher, in turn, said practice makes perfect and wondered if a “Reservoir Dogs” reboot would be better than the director’s 1992 feature debut.

    The filmmaker admitted he had “considered” doing the same for his last directorial, but eventually decided against it.

    “I won’t do it, Internet! But I considered it,” Tarantino said.

    The director’s ninth movie “Once Upon a Time Hollywood”, which was released in 2019 to acclaim as Tarantino’s love letter to the art of filmmaking, earned 10 Academy Award nominations and won best supporting actor for Brad Pitt and best production design.