The death of Bruce Lee in 1973 caught the world by surprise. Thanks to his brilliant work in Enter the Dragon, the actor had not only become a global superstar, but had also caused attention to shift to the martial arts genre. Fans were bracing themselves for more magic from the man, and when he died, questions emerged regarding who would succeed him. Well, filmmakers from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea figured that finding another actor of the same eminence wouldn’t be easy, so they opted for imitators rather than successors. These imitators — who resembled the star and had similarly sounding names such as Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, and Bruce Lau — would come to be known as “Lee-alikes.”