Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood features a handful of real-life characters. 1 / 8
Margot Robbie plays Sharon Tate while Steve McQueen is played by Damian Lewis. 2 / 8
Once scene shows Brad Pitt’s character getting the better of Bruce Lee in a brawl. 3 / 8
But his daughter Shannon Lee isn’t happy about how her martial arts legend father is portrayed… 4 / 8
And thinks he comes across as an “arrogant asshole who was full of hot air.” 5 / 8
Caricatural portrayal aside, Shannon praised Mike Moh’s performance as Lee. 6 / 8
But noted that other (white) real-life characters like Tate and McQueen were portrayed much more sympathetically. 7 / 8
Whether intentional or not, one of the film’s few non-white characters being portrayed like this is pretty problematic. 8 / 8