Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story life, not his death. The film is based upon the biography "", written by Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce Lee's widow. The role for Bruce Lee was first offered to his real-life son Brandon Lee, who declined. Brandon Lee died in a shooting accident while filming for the film "The Crow" in March 1993, less than two months before this film's release. The film is dedicated to his memory at the end credits. In the film Brandon was portrayed as a child by Iain M. Parker. To prepare for their roles both lead actors Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly trained
Brandon Paris Lee, Brandon's Uncle, became involved as his financial partner. Brandon heard that Bootlegger (At the time was Canada's largest retail clothing chain), was known for helping out local Winnipeggers. Luckily their main office for making purchases was in Winnipeg. Paris set up a meeting and came over with sample clothing articles to show to the company's purchasing executives. 1 week later Bootlegger faxed in their first order of Express clothing to be distributed within their stores across Canada. Eventually the second largest clothing chains in Canada (at the time), Below the Belt started carrying the clothing line. Paris set up