Warning: Spoilers forOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodfollow.
Shannon Leeisn’t a fan of the way her late dad,Bruce Lee, was portrayed inQuentin Tarantino’s new film.
Speaking withThe Wrap, Shannon expressed disappointment in how her father was treated onscreen “in the way that white Hollywood did when he was alive.”
“He comes across as an arrogant a–hole who was full of hot air,” Shannon, 50, an actress and martial artist herself, explained to the outlet. “Andnot someone who had to fighttriple as hard as any of those people did to accomplish what was naturally given to so many others.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Sony, the film’s studio, for comment.
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Lee’s daughter added in her interviewthat while she “can understand all the reasoning behind what is portrayed in the movie,” it covers “a period of time thatclearly had a lot of racism andexclusion.”
“It was really uncomfortable to sit in the theater and listen to people laugh at my father,” she said. “Here, he’s the one with all the puffery and he’s the one challengingBrad Pitt. Which is not how he was.”
As for Moh’s performance, the late star’s daughter praised the 35-year-old actor’s accurate voice and mannerisms but noted, “I think he was directed to be a caricature” — and pointed out that Moh’s hairstyle and sunglasses were based on the look Bruce donned during hisEnter the Dragonera in the early ’70s, before his death in 1973 at age 32. (Enter the Dragonwas released posthumously.)
Shannon with her dad, Bruce Lee, and brother Brandon in 1969.The Bruce Lee Archive
As Shannon previously recounted to PEOPLE, she was only 4 years old when she lost her father.
She said she has vivid memories of him and still feels a close connection.
“When he focused his attention on you, it was like having the sun shine on you,” Shannon said. “That feeling has stayed with me my whole life.”
Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodis now playing.
source: people.com
