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Post by Wilfred on Apr 2, 2021 12:29:54 GMT -5
Any other big fans of the guy here on FAN? In my opinion, Brandon would have been a huge movie star had the terrible accident not happened. Maybe not top A-list, but I could see him having a Keanu Reeves-esque career. He was pretty talented, had charisma and looked like a star. The Crow did well financially, but of course you have to wonder if the movie does as well if the tragic gun accident never happened. I believe it probably would have gone on to be a hit. Lee was signed on for two more sequels to The Crow. He was ahead of his time with the comic book movies as the only notable films before him were Superman and Batman. Blade was still a few years away.
He was only in six movies total. Legacy of Rage is a Chinese action movie where he's channeling his father for a lot of it. It's fun, he even gets to fight Bolo Yeung. There's Laser Mission an extremely low-budget American action B-movie. Then of course we have the hilarious comedy of Showdown in Little Tokyo with Dolph Lundgren. Haha, Lundgren has zero charisma in this movie. I feel like if they paired Lee with someone like Seagul instead of Dolph, this movie would've been a bit better. Rapid Fire, which I genuinely enjoy, is fun if you're looking for an early 90s action movie. It's on HBO Max too. Powers Boothe co-stars alongside Lee, and supposedly they were moving forward with Rapid Fire 2 before his death. Then the last part for Lee was a cameo in a Swedish film which eventually released in 2002.
Then there are some hypotheticals had he survived. Imagine Brandon as Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat or Neo in The Matrix.
So any thoughts on Brandon Lee, his movies or his potential career?
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 2, 2021 12:53:28 GMT -5
It looked likely that The Crow would springboard him into at being at the very least a high profile action star who is able to do other things. I guess sort of like Gerard Butler after 300.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 12:56:39 GMT -5
IMO I always viewed him as being a far less problematic Johnny Depp if he had been alive today because listening to both of them talk about film and how they go about preping for characters they always seemed to have a similar philsophy and views.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Apr 2, 2021 13:55:53 GMT -5
I just watched the Cursed Films episode on him :-(
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Post by Raskovnik on Apr 2, 2021 14:04:04 GMT -5
Love the guy. It’s truly a shame he’s no longer with us.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 2, 2021 14:11:15 GMT -5
In my opinion...
Crow wouldn't have been as big a movie as it was because of Lee's death, BUT Rapid Fire did show that he did have the charisma and style to become a bigger star. I'm sure he would have gone on to bigger budget films, maybe a few comedies and perhaps a leading role in a romantic drama, he had the range.
Positive he'd be in "The Expendables".
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Post by Wilfred on Apr 2, 2021 15:07:25 GMT -5
In my opinion... Crow wouldn't have been as big a movie as it was because of Lee's death, BUT Rapid Fire did show that he did have the charisma and style to become a bigger star. I'm sure he would have gone on to bigger budget films, maybe a few comedies and perhaps a leading role in a romantic drama, he had the range. Positive he'd be in "The Expendables". Yeah great call on The Expendables. Stallone definitely would have called him in for that.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Apr 2, 2021 15:34:03 GMT -5
I think The Crow would have been a financially successful movie regardless of the circumstances. It had the right look, the style and aesthetic for the 90s. The movie probably would have been released October 1993, instead of a year later in 1994.
In another thread that started discussing Brandon Lee, I thought he'd end up with roles that Keanu Reeves turned down. Fair Game, a pretty crappy movie best known for starring Cindy Crawford, probably would have been offered to Lee. Maybe he'd take it and rework it for more martial arts action. In this alternate universe, maybe Brandon Lee stars in Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Lee was going to follow up The Crow with Simon Says. It's since been rumored it would have been the sequel for Rapid Fire. I guess Tau's brother decides to get revenge on Jake for his brother. Simon Says eventually became Die Hard with a Vengeance.
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Post by Wilfred on Apr 2, 2021 16:14:03 GMT -5
I think The Crow would have been a financially successful movie regardless of the circumstances. It had the right look, the style and aesthetic for the 90s. The movie probably would have been released October 1993, instead of a year later in 1994. In another thread that started discussing Brandon Lee, I thought he'd end up with roles that Keanu Reeves turned down. Fair Game, a pretty crappy movie best known for starring Cindy Crawford, probably would have been offered to Lee. Maybe he'd take it and rework it for more martial arts action. In this alternate universe, maybe Brandon Lee stars in Speed 2: Cruise Control. Lee was going to follow up The Crow with Simon Says. It's since been rumored it would have been the sequel for Rapid Fire. I guess Tau's brother decides to get revenge on Jake for his brother. Simon Says eventually became Die Hard with a Vengeance. Haha I could def see him in Speed 2. But that's pretty interesting about the Simon Says/Rapid Fire 2 rumors which is something I'd never heard about before. Him and Powers Boothe worked so well together, imagine Jeremy Irons somehow gets cast as the Simon Says villain too, in this other universe. Man, fun thought.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Apr 2, 2021 16:52:28 GMT -5
Dolph Lundgren had the biggest dick he ever saw.
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Post by Wilfred on Apr 2, 2021 17:12:30 GMT -5
Dolph Lundgren had the biggest dick he ever saw. Dolph: *smirks* Thanks. I think this was suppose to be legit funny, but the way Brandon delivered it and Dolph sold it, it was just so awkward and unintentionally hilarious.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 2, 2021 18:00:47 GMT -5
I know it might be too obvious/on the nose but if he was alive today I think he might have been a contender for either of the recent iterations of the Joker.
I can just see him in a very similar movie to the Joaquin Phoenix one.
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Post by Wilfred on Apr 2, 2021 18:21:32 GMT -5
I know it might be too obvious/on the nose but if he was alive today I think he might have been a contender for either of the recent iterations of the Joker. I can just see him in a very similar movie to the Joaquin Phoenix one. Absolutely. And watching The Crow you can see that Ledger pulled from Lee’s Crow character with some of his mannerisms and speech patterns. Cool pick.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Apr 2, 2021 18:28:30 GMT -5
I think The Crow would have been a financially successful movie regardless of the circumstances. It had the right look, the style and aesthetic for the 90s. The movie probably would have been released October 1993, instead of a year later in 1994. In another thread that started discussing Brandon Lee, I thought he'd end up with roles that Keanu Reeves turned down. Fair Game, a pretty crappy movie best known for starring Cindy Crawford, probably would have been offered to Lee. Maybe he'd take it and rework it for more martial arts action. In this alternate universe, maybe Brandon Lee stars in Speed 2: Cruise Control. Lee was going to follow up The Crow with Simon Says. It's since been rumored it would have been the sequel for Rapid Fire. I guess Tau's brother decides to get revenge on Jake for his brother. Simon Says eventually became Die Hard with a Vengeance. Haha I could def see him in Speed 2. But that's pretty interesting about the Simon Says/Rapid Fire 2 rumors which is something I'd never heard about before. Him and Powers Boothe worked so well together, imagine Jeremy Irons somehow gets cast as the Simon Says villain too, in this other universe. Man, fun thought. Yeah, Rapid Fire was a decent hit for Fox so they bought Simon Says script as another project for Lee. It might be only now that people believe it would have been a sequel because Rapid Fire is owned by Fox. Then after Lee's death, Simon Says was shelved, but then not long after John McTiernan was ready to do Die Hard 3. They rewrote Simon Says to become Die Hard with a Vengeance. What's funny, a Die Hard 3 was supposed to shoot in 1990 based on a script called Troubleshooter. It would be set on a cruise ship. But then producer Joel Silver started feuding with the other producers, delaying production. Then Under Siege came out in 1992, became a big hit and pretty much killed the Troubleshooter version of Die Hard 3 because it would considered too similar. But then Troubleshooter script would be used for another sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 2, 2021 18:47:09 GMT -5
Even in that horrible 'Laser Mission' movie, he was charismatic as hell.
Would have been huge, at least in the action genre.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 18:47:26 GMT -5
I actually have a feeling he would have become a way better actor than people predict. Roles like the Crow show he wanted to do stuff that challenged his range in addition to being action flicks. I think he would have tried to do some drama eventually
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Post by Wilfred on Apr 2, 2021 18:56:30 GMT -5
I actually have a feeling he would have become a way better actor than people predict. Roles like the Crow show he wanted to do stuff that challenged his range in addition to being action flicks. I think he would have tried to do some drama eventually For sure. Just like a previous post stated, he was similar to a Depp in the way they looked at acting. Lee stated several times he didn’t want to just be an action guy. That’s what all the action hero’s say though. But with Lee, yeah he had the acting chops others like Van Damme, Seagul, Lundgren certainly didn’t.
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Apr 3, 2021 14:13:50 GMT -5
Definetly, my girlfriend and I loved The Crow. We saw it 6 times in theaters. And I own a "Victims, aren't we all?" tshirt.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 3, 2021 16:49:53 GMT -5
He was awesome in The Crow.
One of the greatest comic book movie performances ever.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 16:56:35 GMT -5
Just speaking about The Crow...Michael Wincott is not only an amazingly underrated actor but the dude put on a performance that IMO completely rivaled Brandons performance he was such a fantastic villan and such a perfect casting. He took a character that was nothing but a minor goon in the comic and made top dollar top tier.
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