![]() ![]() The final boss was to be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Mantis (“Hakim” in the final film). The original script for Game of Death was written by Lee and revolved around his character Hai Ten retrieving a stolen national treasure from a five-story pagoda in South Korea, each floor containing a different martial arts opponent. ![]() Only 40 minutes of the ending scenes were filmed, leaving the first half of the movie empty. Lee's sudden death left Game of Death unfinished. In 1972, principal photography on Game of Death was put on hold in the middle of production so that Lee could appear in Enter the Dragon. And he never lived long enough to finish Game of Death. ![]() Doctors ruled Lee's demise as “death by misadventure.” He never lived to see his most popular and beloved film's release. He died from a freak allergic reaction to the tranquilizer meprobamate, which he took to soothe headaches from a previously diagnosed cerebral edema. After filming Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973, at 32. ![]()
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