Talk:Kung Fu (TV series)
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[edit] Question of Bruce Lee's involvement
According to the special features on the Kung Fu DVD's, Bruce Lee did not come up with the original idea of the show, or even develop it. He was just one of the actors they looked at for casting Caine. It is also relevent to note that Bruce's name does not appear in the credits. One would think that if he came up with the original idea, he would be credited as such. Can anyone offer any evidence that the show was orginally Bruce Lee's idea?
-Mike Prosser, June 4, 2005
Bruce Lee claimed in his memoirs that he had came up with the idea for the show and pitched it to Warner Brothers. In his version, the studio didn't think an Asian star would get as many ratings and replaced him with David Carradine. The event was dramatized in the movie Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. The studio continues to deny they stole they idea for the show and maintains that Bruce Lee only tried out for the part. Neither side has strong evidence supporting their claims. --207.215.78.126 23:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- If you found a quotation of Bruce Lee claiming to have created the show, that quote would be relevant. Noit 09:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
In the documentary "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey, Bruce Lee talks about a show called "The Warrior" and that the studio execs were afraid of casting a chinese man for the role because the white audience would not accept it.
The link to Chris Potter is incorrect. The actor who played Peter Caine in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues was born in Canada in 1960, not a jazz saxophonist born in 1971. Check out IMDB for details: http://imdb.com/name/nm0693243/
-Sheri Herod, June 29, 2005
[edit] The Emporer's nephew
It should be mentioned that the reason Caine killed the nephew was that nephew shot Master PO.
digitalronin 01:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Asian-American actors
How is there no reference here to the lack of Asian-American actors in the cast (which would have been a little unusual for the time, but younger readers won't know that). Could someone who knows anything about the show add in a paragraph or two? This Guardian piece might be of a little assistance. — OwenBlacker 13:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
