Harvest studios, after signing the contract. From the outset, there was a great empathy between them; apart they had a few things in common, for instance, both of them were born in San Francisco, they loved the movies, both were very optimistic and apart from that, acording to John, they shared other hobbies... " Bruce Lee was joking all the time on the set, many days I brought in girls because they all wanted to see him in person. He once told me: ' John, be sure not to bring girls tomorrow because my wife will be here '... Bruce Lee loved to flirt with them and all of them wanted to meet him. Here they call me ' The Hugh Hefner of Shanghai ', so I guess this is something we also have in common”.
Evidently, John feels a soft spot for Bruce Lee, it ' s no wonder, when he speaks of him, he doesn ' t stop praising him: " I think Bruce Lee is the smartest guy I ever met, he wrote six books on philosophy and not only that, he was also the strongest man I ' ve ever seen and someone terribly nice ". Regarding how strong he was, John speaks knowingly because he had the chance to verify and suffer it in his own skin Bruce ' s strength during the filming: " In one scene, I was in front of a desk armchair. Bruce was supposed to sit me on it with a push, but he hit me so hard with his shoulder that I fell on the armchair and it overturned. Apologizing, Bruce helped me to my feet and said ' Oh, I ' m so sorry!'. In the following shot, he had a big guy holding the armchair from behind to avoid it overturned again.. then he hit me again, also quite strong, he was not aware of his own strength. He was very strong, I can assure it."
The actor not only was perplexed by his power, but also by his speed: " It was the best of the best, they even had to reduce the speed of the cameras as no one would believe how fast it was ".
Throughout the filming of " The Way of the Dragon ", John did not stop getting surprised with Bruce
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