History Trivia / EnterTheDragon

** The crew had a very difficult time getting the cat to sit still on the guillotine.

* InternationalCoproduction: The film was a collaboration between Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/GoldenHarvest as a way of bringing martial arts films to the west.

** Lee was bitten by the cobra he was handling while infiltrating Han's palace. Fortunately, its venom gland had been removed beforehand and Lee finished the scene before getting treated.

** While filming their fight scene, Bob wall accidentally cut Creator/BruceLee's wrist with the breakaway bottles. After the wound healed, Lee legitimately kicked Wall during the re-shoot with such force that an extra broke his arm trying to catch Wall.

** There were often arguments between Creaotr/BruceLee and Raymond Chow, one ending with Lee storming off the set. Lee felt that Chow was trying to assert himself as the mastermind of the movie, and that he wasn't being kept informed of everything going on in their partnership, while Chow thought that business was his side of the partnership and that he didn't have to consult Lee on every decision and told Lee to get on with the acting.

** Kien Shih (Mr. Han) spoke no English, so his voice was dubbed by veteran Chinese-American actor Keye Luke (of ''Series/KungFu'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', and ''Film/CharlieChan'' fame).

** In the original script, [[spoiler: Roper dies and Williams survives, thereby averting BlackDudeDiesFirst.]] This was reversed by Creator/JohnSaxon's agent to land him a bigger part.

* OnSetInjury: While filming their fight scene, Bob wall accidentally cut Creator/BruceLee's wrist with the breakaway bottles. After the wound healed, Lee legitimately kicked Wall during the re-shoot with such force that an extra broke his arm trying to catch Wall.

** There were often arguments between Bruce Lee and Raymond Chow, one ending with Lee storming off the set. Lee felt that Chow was trying to assert himself as the mastermind of the movie, and that he wasn't being kept informed of everything going on in their partnership, while Chow thought that business was his side of the partnership and that he didn't have to consult Lee on every decision and told Lee to get on with the acting.

** Creator/BruceLee offered Creator/ChuckNorris the role of O'Hara, but he turned it down, feeling that [[Film/WayOfTheDragon one film where Bruce beat him was enough]].

** As noted under ExecutiveMeddling, the original script had [[spoiler: Roper die and Williams survive to the end. The reverse happens in the film.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The leisure suits, turtle necks, the funky music, Williams' afro and [[JiveTurkey manner of speech]] along with mentioning that the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar was only a few years ago, all point to this movie being in TheSeventies. Also, this movie is mostly responsible for kick-starting the kung-fu craze in the US during this time.

* WorkingTitle: Creator/WarnerBrothers wanted to call the movie ''Han's Island'' because they thought international audiences would be confused by an action movie titled ''Enter the Dragon''. Other alternate titles were ''Blood and Steel'', this was a first draft script title, and ''The Deadly Three''.

* NoStuntDouble: The only times Creator/BruceLee was doubled for the scenes where he was required to do backflips.

* BannedInChina: The film was heavily censored in the UK to remove scene involving nunchucks, which were banned at the time. It was also banned in Sweden and Finland.

** Creator/RodTaylor was originally considered for the role of Roper, but he was thought to be too tall compared to Lee, with whom he would have been sharing many action scenes.

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!!Meta trivia:
* TooDumbToLive: During the production of ''Enter the Dragon'', a would-be burglar to broke into a house and scared two children, Brandon and Shannon... not a good idea when they turn out to be the children of '''''[[Creator/BruceLee Bruce Lee]]'''''! Not surprisingly, [[CurbStompBattle after one kick from Bruce]], he got sent to the hospital for his idiocy.

* RealLifeRelative: Linda Lee Caldwell, Creator/BruceLee's wife, has a short cameo as a partygoer at Han's banquet. She appears in a purple dress and is walking around among the banquet servers and entertainers.

** In the original script, [[spoiler: Roper dies and Williams survives, thereby averting BlackDudeDiesFirst.]] This was reversed by John Saxon's agent to land him a bigger part.

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* TheOtherMarty: Jim Kelly replaced Rockne Tarkington, who quit the film three days before production was due to star because he thought the pay was too low.

** In the original script, [[spoiler: Roper dies and Williams survives.]] This was reversed by John Saxon's agent to land him a bigger part; it was ''not'' an example of racist executives.

* FollowTheLeader: Pretty much all FightingGames and movies involving a fighting tournament owe at least something to this film.

** Lee, playing a secret agent, wanted to use a gun in at least one scene. See WhyDontYouJustShootHim on the main page.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Fights broke out onset between stuntmen and extras hired from rival families of Triads.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BruceLee offered Creator/ChuckNorris the role of O'Hara, but he turned it down, feeling that [[Film/WayOfTheDragon one film where Bruce beat him was enough]].
* WorkingTitle: ''Blood and Steel''.

** Kien Shih (Mr. Han) spoke no English, so his voice was dubbed by veteran Chinese-American actor Keye Luke (of ''Series/KungFu'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Gremlins'', and ''Film/CharlieChan'' fame).

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Shih Kien made a career out of playing various antagonists, most notably Han, but he and Creator/BruceLee got along pretty well off the set. Probably why he got the part.

* The line "We have been waiting for you" is familiar to fans of the original ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' arcade game.

* BannedInChina: The film was heavily censored in the UK to remove scene involving nunchucks, which were banned at the time.

* GenreTurningPoint: This is the film that brought the martial arts film to America.