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watched this growing up
posted by manfromatlantisSTAFFMOD on March 3, 2017 at 12:37 PM
I remember seeing this in the 80s ten years after it aired,
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on March 3, 2017 at 12:48 PM
I remember seeing this during my youth and being so disappointed that Bruce Lee wasn't cast. I enjoyed the series but still felt it was a huge error not to have Lee as the star.
Reply by manfromatlantis
on March 3, 2017 at 12:52 PM
I think lee turned down the role.
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on March 3, 2017 at 1:00 PM
The idea of the series was floated around and there was some conversations between Lee that may have been about his ideas about the show and his own ideas about what that type of show would be about. Lee never turned down or passed on paying the lead.
Reply by sukhisoo
on June 7, 2021 at 6:37 PM
David Carradine's gentle demeanor was much more fitting for the type of character that the writers seemed to be going for when they created Caine.
Bruce Lee was a much better martial artist, of course, but I don't think his acting chops were sufficient to carry the show as a star.