Jackie Chan plays one of the many, many nameless henchmen and flunkies who get destroyed by Bruce Lee over the course of "Enter the Dragon," but eagle-eyed viewers have little trouble spotting him now.
Chan might not have much of a role to speak of in "Enter the Dragon," but fortunately, he does have a memory from production that he still demonstrably treasures decades after the fact. In a 2013 video interview with George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, Chan shares a hilarious story about how Lee accidentally hit him with a wooden pole for real during one of his "Enter The Dragon" fights. Chan recovered from the incident quickly, but he says he exaggerated the blow's effects in order to get more attention and respect from superstar Lee. "I just wanted Bruce Lee to hold me as long as he can," remembers Chan.
In the segment, Chan calls the story his best, an impressive feat given the later heights he would reach in his long career in entertainment. But it is a pretty great story, and it permanently ties together the two arguably greatest martial arts film stars of all time.
