'Man with the Iron Fists': Rapper RZA makes jump to film director

Call it a case of life imitating martial arts. On the Shanghai set of the kung fu saga "The Man With the Iron Fists" last year, muscle-bound pro wrestler David Bautista and tae kwon do expert Rick Yune had come to loggerheads over how to best enact a fight sequence. The actors, portraying mortal enemies, seemed about ready to trade ax-hand strikes. Only one person could steer the action back toward the peace path: the movie's writer, director and costar known as RZA, a hip-hop renaissance man wh...

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