CCTV just started shooting this 40 part series in Guangdong—with a total budget of $6.4 million. That figure sounds awfully minuscule, but what we do we know. The person they picked to play Bruce Lee is Hong Kong actor Kwok -Kwan Chan (陈国坤), who got his big break starring in Stephen Chow movies such as Shao-Lin Soccer.
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