Everyone knows that teenagers are rebellious, but most find their way through high school. That cannot be said of Brandon Lee, who was expelled from two high schools before finally dropping out of the last one he attended, per People. In his book, “Bruce Lee: A Life,” Matthew Polly wrote that Brandon led protests against the elite private school’s administration.
In the book, his sister, Shannon, recalled how Lee “started convincing students not to go to class” while attending Chadwick School, and Lee told Bobbie Wygant that school authorities deemed him a “poisonous influence upon the minds of my fellow students.” Despite his issues with academic authority figures, Lee was interested in receiving his education. He completed high school (after his second expulsion) by getting his GED. He then attended Emerson College in Boston, but he didn’t stay there for long.
Shannon explained that Lee spent most of his time in New York City, New York, looking for acting jobs. He kept doing that for about a year but quit and moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. This was something that his mother, Linda Emery, tried to dissuade him from. Still, Brandon was determined to become a serious actor in Hollywood. Like most people, it didn’t happen overnight, but with a lot of work, Lee was able to make his way into the film industry — just not in the way he wanted.
