In 1968, beauty star Sharon Tate learned kung fu from Bruce Lee, who wore glasses and taught it seriously. A year later, the beautiful Tate was killed at home, and a pair of glasses was left at the scene, which was confirmed to be the pair worn by Bruce Lee...
In the late 1960s, martial arts master Bruce Lee and blonde beauty Sharon Tate were both rising stars, but their early deaths made their friendship a Hollywood legend.
Decades later, their personal and professional lives still capture the attention of audiences. Quentin Tarantino's 2019 acclaimed film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood explored their relationship, and in June 2020, ESPN's documentary Be Water examined the racism Bruce Lee experienced as an Asian-American actor. But what was the relationship between Tate and Bruce Lee?
Bruce Lee and Tate met at an interesting moment in their careers. According to Bruce Lee's biography, he decided to give up his early life as an actor and dancer to focus on sports training and teaching kung fu. Meanwhile, Tate's Hollywood career was beginning to take off. After some small roles in television, she is preparing to make her debut in the 1966 horror film The Devil's Eye.
Their short-lived friendship ended tragically, but the ripple effects of Bruce Lee and Tate's relationship still affect Hollywood today.
In 1964, Bruce Lee was invited to perform martial arts at the Long Beach International Karate Championships, according to the South China Morning Post. The event was attended by Hollywood hairstylist Jay Siebrin, who was one of many who marveled at the feat Bruce Lee accomplished there.
Siblin's star clients include Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra and Warren Beatty, as described in Vanity Fair. Sebulin was also interested in martial arts, and he became friends with Bruce Lee.
It was Siblin who helped Bruce Lee attract Hollywood's attention by telling producer William Dozl about the talented martial arts instructor and recommending a TV audition for Bruce Lee.
Although that project was unsuccessful, Bruce Lee did play Cato in the short-lived 1966 action series Green Beetle, the protagonist's assistant. After the show was canceled, Siblin introduced Bruce Lee to other Hollywood stars to train them in martial arts.
Bruce Lee's connections in celebrity circles are constantly expanding. He was hired as technical director for the 1968 spy comedy Saboteur, starring Sharon Tate and Dean Martin. Tate is Siblin's ex-girlfriend, but they remain close friends.
The rising star underwent intensive martial arts training under Bruce Lee, which is depicted in a brief scene from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tate and Bruce Lee became friends, and she introduced him to her husband, director Roman Polanski. According to Gentleman magazine, Bruce Lee became Polanski's personal kung fu coach.
Sharon Tate tragically ended his life at the age of 26. On the evening of August 8, 1969, Tate received friends at her home in Beverly Hills, California. Guests include ex-boyfriend Jay Seblin, actor/writer Voigek Frekovsky and heiress Abigail Folger. Tate's husband, director Roman Polanski, is making a film in London. Tate was 8 and a half months pregnant.
Just after midnight, four strangers broke into Tate's rental home. Charles" Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Karenwinkel, and Leslie Van Horten were all members of a cult led by Charles Manson. According to Oprah magazine, Manson has a complaint against music producer Terry Melcher, who once rented the house where Tate and Polanski lived.
Manson allegedly told his followers to go to "the house where Melcher used to live" and "destroy everyone there as completely as possible," according to Oprah.
As a result, a cleaner found the body the next morning.
The cult leader, known as the Manson family, was only suspected of being a murderer months later. However, according to Bruce Lee's biographer, Matthew Polley, Polanski briefly believed that Bruce Lee might be related to this heinous crime.
Bruce Lee continued to serve as Roman Polanski's martial arts instructor after Sharon Tate's death, reportedly during a conversation during a training session that aroused the director's suspicions.
According to Bruce Lee's biographer, Matthew Polley, Bruce Lee told Polanski that he had lost his glasses, and Polanski recalled finding a pair of glasses next to his wife's body near the crime scene. “
Bruce Lee is the only person Polanski personally knows who has the ability to hurt a group of people at once. Bruce Lee was the strongest man he knew, and Bruce Lee knew how to use weapons," Polly said in Gentleman. In addition, Bruce Lee also lived not far from the couple's home.
However, when Polanski took Bruce Lee to the optometrist to get new glasses, he found that Bruce Lee's prescription did not match the glasses found at the crime scene. According to Polly, Polanski never told Bruce Lee his suspicions, nor did he publicly disclose them in his 1985 memoir, Roman Polanski.
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Author: Samadhi
Reference: South China Morning Post
