Game Actor Brandon Lee Dies In History Today, March 31, 1993

Brandon Lee when he played Eric Draven in the film The Crow. (IMDB)

JAKARTA History today, 31 years ago, March 31, 1993, the action actor Brandon Lee died. The son of the late Bruce Lee lost his life in taking scenes from The Crow. He was hit by a bullet that should have been empty. His departure brought deep sorrow.

Previously, Brandon had established his career as an actor. He wants to devote himself to being full in the entertainment world. He doesn't want to be equated with his father.

The death of the action actor and martial arts developer Jet Kune Do, Bruce Lee, brought a very deep wound. This condition was felt by Bruce Lee's wife, Linda Lee. The visit made Linda immediately bring her children 'Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee-- from Hong Kong to the United States (US).

The fruit did not fall far from the tree. Bruce's artistic blood flows to Brandon who studied in the US. Linda immediately registered her son at a drama school. Brandon was lucky. The road to the ladder of popularity is wide open. His status as Bruce Lee's son is a privilege.

This condition made Brandon get a role in the film several times. Even though some of them didn't make him popular. Brandon kept trying. He tried to break the level to become a top actor.

His business is considered active. He began to get an important role in the action filmLegacy of Rage (1986). Problems arise. His popularity is often associated with Bruce Lee. Many people began to compare with his father when playing action films.

Brandon doesn't want to be compared. He considered the early track of his father's career and he was different. His father was described as a martial arts coach and later became an actor. While he had always chosen to be an actor from the start and had just learned to defend himself.

Brandon even refuses to imitate his father's fighting style in action films. He prefers to find his own style.

This is the first time I've had the opportunity to vent acting that I've learned. He then mentioned his difference with his father. My father left the career of the coach, then became an actor.

I practiced acting first, just studied silat after playing the film. It's different, I don't talk with my father's style and accent. I don't want to fight in my father's way," Brandon explained as quoted by Tempo magazine's report entitled Not Likes to be Equated with his father (1987).

Brandon's efforts to penetrate the entertainment world deserve thumbs up. His fight made many directors look at him. Alex Proyas, one of them. He tried to arouse Brandon's passion for acting in his film, The Crow.

Brandon was serious in playing his role as Eric Draven. However, the film was his last film. Brandon died in the shooting process on March 31, 1993.

He was shot by a bullet that was supposed to be empty but it turned out to be filled. The 20-foot shot penetrated Brandon's stomach and life could not be saved.

"Brandon Lee spent his entire life struggling to become more than just Bruce Lee's son. But just like Brandon's life framed by his father's fame, so did his death. If Brandon had lived and made 50 great films."

"So no one will remember Bruce Lee's relationship except as a small leg note. But I'm afraid he is forever closely related to his father," Sharkey said in his article in The New York Times newspaper Fate's Children: Bruce and Brandon (1993).