A Balding Man in His Late Fifties Once Became ‘B*tt of the Joke’ During Bruce Lee’s Martial Arts Demonstration

Published 04/26/2023, 4:15 PM EDT

The hit television series The Green Hornet was Bruce Lee’s potential breakthrough for his career in Hollywood. Moreover, to get a role in the 1966 series, the master had to appear for an audition in front of producer William Dozier and his crew. Needless to say, the Little Phoenix was spot-on at displaying his talent. During that audition, the crew had a great laugh sending a balding man to Bruce Lee who was demonstrating a martial art move.

Lee’s biography, Bruce Lee: A Life, revealed an anecdote from the William Dozier audition when a balding man became a subject of a hilarious joke. However, the master also participated in it and entertained the crew.

Bruce Lee showed impressive antics in his audition

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In 1965 Bruce Lee turned up for an audition for William Dozier. The producer first asked him to act out some classic Chinese opera characters. This was an easy task for the master as he had observed his father performing on stage from a young age. Hence, he successfully imitated how a warrior and scholar walked.

Next, Dozier asked to see some gung fu moves from the master. Lee expressed that it was hard to show the moves alone, but he would try his best. Dozier immediately intervened saying, “Well, maybe one of the fellas will walk in.” His crew laughingly pushed their assistant director, a balding man in his late fifties with silver hair and black horn-rim glasses.

Lee’s biography added, “He clearly was not expecting to be the b*tt of the joke.” Moreover, looking at his face and his own plight, the master hilariously commented, “Accidents do happen!”

When Lee began to launch a few quick gung-fu moves on the old man, he flinched every time. However, Dozier firmly asked him not to move. After experiencing a few hits from Lee, the producer joked with his assistant director and asked him to hold on for some more moves. This made the chuckling crew burst into laughter, including Bruce Lee.

Later on, Lee flicked a kick in his groin area and launched a sidekick within inches of the assistant director’s face, showing a way to cheat on the camera. Ultimately, his techniques highly impressed the crew with his speed, accuracy, and control.

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This was not the only time, Lee impressed a crew. There was an instance while shooting Enter the Dragon when he dazzled his co-actor with his super fast moves.

Bruce Lee indulged in a fighting challenge with an extra

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Bruce Lee never took advantage of his fighting prowess until he was forced to. Especially, he would never fight stuntmen on his set off-camera. However, fascinated by the master’s potential, the extras on his set would often challenge him. Once Bruce Lee accepted to fight one of them.

His co-actor and bodybuilder Bolo Yeung watched the fight and revealed in an interview, “He kicked the extra in the head and the fight was over. Bruce was too fast” Observing his speed and fighting prowess, Yeung was highly impressed. He was convinced that Lee was incredible in his fighting art.

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Well, Bruce Lee possessed years of training and was highly sincere toward martial art. Hence, he was impressive whenever he displayed it.

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Muskan Sharma is a sports writer at EssentiallySports, specializing in Martial Arts, NHL, and other American sports. She is a degree holder in Journalism and Mass Communications. Muskan has been able to bring her unique set of skills and sensitivity while covering news stories.

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A Balding Man in His Late Fifties Once Became ‘B*tt of the Joke’ During Bruce Lee’s Martial Arts Demonstration

Bruce Lee showed impressive antics in his audition

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Bruce Lee indulged in a fighting challenge with an extra