Danny Chan Kwok-kwan in The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008)



Even before he officially took the role of Bruce Lee in this CCTV TV series, Danny Chan was already known as someone who resembled the icon. This was thanks to his turn as Empty Hands, the lightning fast goalkeeper dressed in Lee’s signature yellow and black tracksuit in Stephen Chow’s 2001 hit Shaolin Soccer.
Seven years later, Chan took up the mantle officially. The Legend of Bruce Lee was a 50-episode affair that followed Lee from his early life until his untimely passing. Chan’s acting and likeness seems to have impressed members of the real man’s family (Shannon Lee helped produce The Legend of Bruce Lee) as he reprised the role in Ip Man 3 and the forthcoming Ip Man 4, set to be released in Hong Kong this December.
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