Bruce Lee first found fame in the United States portraying Kato, the
sidekick in the 1966 television run of "The Green Hornet," but he
didn't enjoy the part, according to his daughter.
"Bruce really hated his performance in that show
because he felt like he wasn't really being himself," Shannon Lee told
NBC News. "After doing 'The Green Hornet,' he made up his mind that he
was going to show Hollywood what the authentic representation of an
Asian man was in television and film and that was his goal."
Now, nearly 43 years after Bruce Lee's death,
his family is carrying on the legacy of the action hero whose posthumous
success helped disrupt Asian-American stereotypes and introduced a new
wave of entertainers with a particular focus on his philanthropy and
life philosophies.
While filming "The Green Hornet," Lee moved so quickly that the show's producers would often shoot his scenes in slow motion
because his movements were blurs at normal speed. The show failed to
find sustainable success in the United States, but started a cult
following in Hong Kong, where it was marketed as "The Kato Show," according to Newsweek.
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