Facts
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Donnie Yen’s wife has publicly expressed her fears that Mike Tyson could harm Yen. However, it was Jena who broke Tyson’s index finger while filming one of the fight scenes.
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Donnie Yen studied Mike Tyson’s past matches in order to physically and mentally prepare for fight scenes with him. As a former world heavyweight champion, Tyson punches over 1,500 pounds of power in the ring.
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Muay Th ai fighter – Sarut Khanvilay. He is also known as the stunt double for Tony Jaa in The Slave Trade (2014).
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The real Bruce Lee started learning Wing Chun from Yip Man when he was sixteen years old, and he passed away when he was thirty-two. Kwok-Kwang Chan, who played Lee in search of Ip to become his master in the film, was forty years old at the time of filming.RELATED:
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The producers originally planned to digitally transfer the image and image of Bruce Lee with CGI superimposed on a body double with facial motion capture, but this was later canceled after Bruce Lee’s estate threatened legal action due to copyright infringement for allegedly not obtaining permission to use any intellectual property rights associated with Bruce Lee.
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It was Mike Tys on’s debut in an action movie.
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Wu-Ping Yuen was the choreographer for this film. He also worked with Donnie Yen in Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) and Iron Monkey (1993). He was the man in major Hollywood films such as The Matrix trilogy (1999), and Kill Bill 2 (2004). Other Hong Kong films he directed include Fist of Legend (1994), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Huo Yuanjia (2006) and The White Master (2013).
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While Bruce Lee is portrayed in the film as a direct student of Ip Man, the reality is that Lee was one of the students of Ip’s school. Lee’s teacher was Wong Shun Leung, himself a student of Yip Man. Lee’s letter to Wong stated, “Although I am (technically) a student of Ip Man, I actually learned my kung fu from you.” Wong was well known for his participation in illegal underground martial arts competitions (“beimo”), where he was rumored to be undefeated. Wong retired from these fights after accidentally blinding an opponent. Yip probably had several students during his lifetime, some staying for a few months, others longer, and others perhaps a few weeks. This explains the existence of people who claim to be descended from Ip Man.
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This film marked the second time Kwok-Kwang Chan played Bruce Lee. Previously, he embodied the role in the TV series The Legend Of Bruce Lee (2008).RELATED:
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In the last scene of the fight with Chung Ting-Chi, Ip Man improvised and used a three-inch punch (a full force punch with knuckles at a distance of three inches) to defeat Cheng. Bruce Lee, the most famous student of Ip Man, was known for his punch in three inches and one inch.Cast:
- Donnie Yen as Ip Man
- Zhang Jin as Cheung Tin-chi
- Patrick Tam as Ma King-sang
- Karena Ng as Miss Wong (黃老師)
- Kent Cheng as Fat Po (肥波)
- Bryan Leung as Tin Ngo-san (田傲山)
- Louis Cheung as Tsui Lik (徐力)
- Danny Chan as Bruce Lee (李小龍).
- Mike Tyson as Frank,
- Tats Lau
- Lo Mang as Master Law
- Leung Siu-hung as Master Lee.
- Chen Chao as Master Chan.
- Sarut Khanwilai as Suchart, a Thai boxer.