Jackie Chan Bruce Lee Enter The Dragon

Enter the dragon is a 1973 martial arts film directed by robert clouse the film stars bruce lee john saxon and jim kelly it would be lee s final completed film appearance before his death on 20 july 1973 at age 32.
Jackie chan bruce lee enter the dragon. It was during the filming of enter the dragon that bruce lee had an interesting meeting with jackie chan who had yet to become a star but had worked as a stuntman on bruce lee s second movie fist of fury. He received his first starring role later that year in little tiger of canton which had a limited release in hong kong in 1973. And serious fans know that the film s co star jim kelly went on to a little fame of his own in the 1974 cult favorite black belt jones and the less well loved 1978 sequel black belt jones 2. Hong kong movie legend sammo hung fought bruce lee in enter the dragon and trained as a youngster with jackie chan and yuen biao.
At the age of 17 he worked as a stuntman in the bruce lee films fist of fury and enter the dragon under the stage name chen yuen long. This is an appearance of his in a movie enter the dragon where bruce lee fights him. Jackie chan worked as a stunt man in bruce lee movies. The film s star bruce lee is of course a legend in the genre and enter the dragon is his most famous film.
Jackie is 14 years younger than lee that is why most people in martial arts audience do not know that jackie chan really worked for bruce lee the fact is that jackie chan worked as a stuntman in two of lee s movies one of them is enter the dragon and the other film was fist of fury and both were made in 1972. Jackie chan remembers fighting with bruce lee in enter the dragon chan posted a wistful remembrance of his time on set with the actor in a recent instagram video. Jackie chan tells a story about fighting bruce lee in enter the dragon tom 3 years ago this is a reminder that even our heroes and idols had their own heroes and idols that they looked up to at. The film went on to gross an estimated us 350 million worldwide.
Here s what he has said about those experiences his early life.