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The scenes with Bruce Lee's spirit were actually filmed with Tai Chung Kim and Kurt McKinney both speaking different languages. Kim's voice was later dubbed into English and, apparently, both actors did not know what they were saying to each other throughout these scenes - they spoke from cues behind the cameras.
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The scene that has Kurt McKinney doing two-finger push-ups was actually filmed with wires to hoist McKinney up and down. They used trees in the background to cover up the wire.
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The first combat sequence of the film with Jason's Father (Timothy D. Baker) and Ivan the Russian (Jean-Claude Van Damme) in the dojo had Van Damme jumping off the shoulder of another bad guy to do a flying kick. This kick was supposed to hit the upper chest region but Van Damme's first attempt hit the face/lip area instead.
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McKinney did not want to do the "foot in a looped rope" stunt scene but director, Corey Yuen insisted and it was successful in the end.
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Korean actor, Tai Chung Kim who starred as Sensei Lee had been a double/stand-in for the real Bruce Lee in films such as The Game of Death and Game of Death II.
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Fight choreographer "Harrison" Mang Hoi doubled both Kurt McKinney and Kim Tai Jong for the back somersault flip kick.
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