Illegal Fight With Bruce Lee Planted an Unexpected Surprise for Chuck Norris in 1972

When it comes to the best action movies, ‘The Way of Dragon’ would always be counted among them. The iconic sequence featured the Karate Champion, Chuck Norris, and the revolutionary martial artist Bruce Lee. The world saw Lee as the lead actor in the movie. However, what many people didn?t know was that Lee was also the writer and director of the sequences. It was his vision to give one of the most intense moments in the history of world cinema. The little phoenix wanted heroics of Chuck to grab the eyes of the global audience.?

However, in Lee?s biography, author Matthew Polly revealed how popularity impacted the lives of veteran actors.

Chuck Norris had very few expectations from him in the movie

Matthew described that being the writer of the movie, Lee had some ideas to intensify the character of Norris in the negative role. The phoenix had planned some dramatic introduction for Colt. The martial artist had also convinced Norris to play the important part of the bad guy.?

According to the author, Norris had a little bit of an idea that the movie could help him in his career. Chuck assumed that the display of his skills in a movie would help him to get a bit of limelight. However, his expectations were limited to an increased number of students in his karate school. ?Might draw more students to our [karate] schools,? Norris hoped.

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However, the Delta Force had little idea of what was planned for him. Even Ground Chuck once revealed that he never imagine the sudden change in fortune. ?I had no thought that it might be the start of a new career for me,? he said.

The action sequence gave new life to Norris

What made the movie a global blockbuster was the epic action sequence between the two legends. The veteran superstars gave a marvelous performance. The intensity between the two made the audience jump out of their seat.?

Norris went on to become a global superstar in action movies. He has played some iconic roles in worldwide blockbusters like The Delta Force, The Expendables, Octagon, and many more.?

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It seems that the unexpected turn of events proved to land in Norris?s favour.?