Henrick Vartanian
By: Henrick Vartanian —
A new Bruce Lee biopic “Bruce Lee, My Brother” will focus on childhood and early years of the marshal arts legend, and it is receiving the support and cooperation of his family, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film chronicles Lee’s childhood who would have turned 70 on Sunday.
“The Lee family supplied us with all the details and the tidbits of their family life,” director Raymond Yip told the Hollywood Reporter. “So we took great care to be loyal to the truth and avoid anything that felt fake, which made it rather difficult for us in terms of creating the structure of the script. But the Lee family was very pleased with the result, especially with how close it was to what actually happened.”
The film has taken years to bring to the screen, and the task of casting an actor to portray the world superstar was not easy. “We’ve been on the lookout for a possible candidate all over China since 2008, but no one could capture the Hong Kong spirit of the young Bruce Lee,” Yip explained.
Enter Aarif Rahman (pictured), a 23-year-old singer-songwriter who made his acting debut in “Echoes of The Rainbow” (by writer-director team of Alex Law and Mabel Cheung) was locked in as the young Bruce Lee. Even Lee’s brother Robert, has commented on how he is amazed by Aarif’s resembles to Bruce.
