John Wayne's 370lb Stuntman Said 'Cowboys Don't Need Kung Fu' — Duke Made Everyone Stop and Watch

Описание: John Wayne's 370lb Stuntman Said 'Cowboys Don't Need Kung Fu' — Duke Made Everyone Stop and Watch

Colorado, 1970. True Grit film set. John Wayne is directing. Forty cowboys. Crew everywhere. Horses. Dust. Classic western production.Bruce Lee arrives. Visiting the set. Invited by a producer friend. Just observing. Learning about western filmmaking.Bronco Billy is the head stuntman. Six-foot-six. Three hundred seventy pounds. Legendary in the western world. Doubled for John Wayne in bar fights. Rode horses. Did dangerous falls. Real cowboy.He sees Bruce. Laughs. Says to John Wayne loud enough for everyone to hear: "Duke, westerns need tough guys. Real brawlers. Cowboys don't do kung fu. This fella's too small and foreign-looking for westerns."John Wayne stops what he's doing. Looks at Bruce. Then at Billy. "Billy, let's see if cowboys need kung fu."The entire set stops. Forty cowboys. Crew. Everyone forms a circle. This is entertainment. The Duke wants to see something.What happens next takes fourteen seconds. Bronco Billy on the ground. Can't get up. Three hundred seventy pounds neutralized. The toughest cowboy stuntman in Hollywood down.John Wayne looks at the crew. Then at Bruce. "Reckon we do need it."But nobody talks about it. Western code. What happens on Duke's set stays on Duke's set. Forty witnesses. Fifty-four years of silence.Why did John Wayne make everyone stop filming to watch? What happened in those fourteen seconds? And how did 135 pounds take down the toughest cowboy in Hollywood?Based on documented western film production during this period and Bruce Lee's known visits to major film sets in Hollywood.