[quote]I never said he stole the role, but the whole thing just pisses me off. Not casting an Asian in the lead because he was “too Asian looking” is just retarded. Yes, the American studios would never bet on something like that, but I still think that Kung Fu would have had just as big a cult following if Lee had played the lead role. [/quote]
True, but the original Kung Fu was BEYOND cult following. It was like THE show on television for part of the seventies. You couldn’t have grown up back then and NOT know that David Carradine was one helluva a actor and one bad ass motherfucker.
Hell, my dad isn’t even really into movies anymore, but when he saw the first Kill Bill trailer last year, he was like, “Hey! Thats David Carradine! He’s great.”