?He Dislocated His Jaw?: Bruce Lee?s Co-Star Once Revealed a Bizarre Accident on the Sets of the Iconic Batman Show

During his struggling years in the west, Bruce Lee tried his best to highlight his talent. One of his highly talked-about shows, Batman was supposed to be a promising endeavor for Lee?s acting career. However, it came with limited screen time for its actors. This was not enough for Lee to showcase his talent to the western audience. Hence, he began doing something so unique that it lead to a bizarre accident on the set.

Lee?s biography, Bruce Lee: A Life by Mathew Polly, revealed that the martial art legend would flex his martial art antics on the film sets to impress the filmmakers and actors. However, soon Lee was prohibited to perform them. But why?

Here?s what Bruce Lee did at the Batman series film set

The production environment of the Batman show set was quite troubled as actors had limited screen time. Actors would mostly perform the stunts that they were directed to do. Sadly, Bruce Lee who was a storehouse of brilliant martial art techniques, was demoted to just a sidekick. However, he was not one to settle for less.

Bruce Lee avoided the instructions and performed the stunts that he liked. His antics would include putting a dime on top of a six-foot-high gimbal, jumping into the air, and then side-kicking the dime across the stage. In off-camera, Lee would perform two-finger push-ups and challenge stuntmen to compete in arm wrestling contests with him.

His antics were vividly noticed by American actor, Vans Williams. In the biography, he revealed that Lee was his hyperactive younger brother to him on the set who would never set still. He would run around the set making the most of showing his antics. However, once it happened that Bruce Lee performed his famous jump kick that ended up kicking a set designer?s ear lobe. That was the end of his antics show on the set. William stated, ?He dislocated his jaw. That ended the Bruce Lee kicking on the set.?

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Apart from Bruce Lee?s resentment of limited screen space, he was also upset with the crossover that was shot between his Green Hornet character, Kato, and Batman?s sidekick Robin.

Bruce Lee threw away the initial script of the Kato vs Robin crossover

In the 1960?s the makers of Green Hornet decided to shoot a crossover between Batman and Green Hornet’s side characters. Hence, the script chose Kato and Robin for an iconic battle scene. However, the initial script would show Lee losing against Burt Ward. This did not make the martial art legend happy and he straightaway denied doing his part in the scene.

When the complaint reached Batman?s producer, William Dozier, he initially anticipated Lee?s demands. However, eventually, he agreed to his terms. Hence, the fight showed a tie between Kato and Robin which became a great hit.

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