The Last Samurai

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    Six times Hollywood rewrote history by inserting a 'white saviour'

    If you turn up to watch a Bruce Lee biopic, you might be forgiven for expecting the Hong Kong martial arts legend to be the main attraction. Not so in new movie ‘Birth of the Dragon’, which has drawn complaints from Lee’s fans that it sidelines the legendary star in favour of a fictional white guy named Steve. Steve McKee, who’s said to be loosely based on the legendary Hollywood icon Steve McQueen, is played by white American actor Billy Magnussen in George Nolfi’s film, which debuted at the