While his career included more than a hundred feature films, as well as television and theater work, he was probably most well known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine; perhaps the most famous white man ever to play an Asian man? Can't say I was a fan. The role was supposed to go to Bruce Lee, he came up with the idea for the show but the producers dissed him. It makes me wonder if the great one would still be alive today if that poser didn't steal his role. David Carradine didn't know anything about martial arts yet he still got the role. Its just another racist decision by hollywood.
the show was good. don't hate on Caine cause he took the job. I still can't remember if he was a white guy in Shoalin. When he has those flashbacks it was clearly a white kid.
I find it strange that he decided to kill himself at the age of 72...unless he has some poor medical history we don't know about. Maybe he just got tired of living and decided to hang it up (no pun intended)? Regardless, I loved this guy as an actor. I'm sad this is how he chose to end his life...assuming there is no foul play. RIP
It sounds fishy. He lived 72 years and decided to end it that way? I wonder if there was a suicide note. Loved him in Kill Bill: Vol. 2.
let it go dude. lee, caradine, and brandon are all gone they had brandon lee on the kung fu movie. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T2HeaRex0Dg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T2HeaRex0Dg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> are you mad fisher stevens played an indian guy? <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6VVELKyhOg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z6VVELKyhOg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Of course it would have been better with Bruce Lee. That doesn't mean Carradine is a bad guy, or the show wasn't still good as it was.
kinda classless if you ask me, some dude dies, and a poster goes off on his show that made him famous.. a show that has been off the air for decades on top of that!
Yeah what a great time to get pissed off at racism in the 70s too! http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/obit.david.carradine/index.html (CNN) -- American actor David Carradine has been found dead, hanging by a nylon rope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according a Thai police official. David Carradine became famous in the 1970s after starring in the television series "Kung Fu." David Carradine became famous in the 1970s after starring in the television series "Kung Fu." more photos » Carradine, who became famous in the 1970s when he starred as traveling Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the television series "Kung Fu," was 72. The rope was believed to be from the hotel room curtains, Bangkok Police Lt. Col. Pirom Chanpirom said. He said investigators found no sign of forced entry into Carradine's room. An autopsy was being conducted at a Bangkok hospital, but no results will be available for another day, he said. Police provided Carradine's family with the same information about their investigation, said Tiffany Smith, Carradine's personal co-manager. Smith said she was "in complete shock" and that suggestions that Carradine took his own life are unbelievable. "Knowing David, he would never commit suicide," and his death comes at a time when his "career is on a roll," she said. Carradine was in Bangkok for filming of the movie "Stretch," being produced by a United Kingdom-based company, she said. He was the only American cast member. Don't Miss Modern audiences may best know Carradine as "Bill" in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films. He earned a 2005 Golden Globe nomination for his role in the second movie in the two-part saga. His career included more than 100 feature films, two dozen television movies and theater work, according to the Internet Movie Database. Photo See photos of some of his notable roles » Carradine made appearances in television series including "Gunsmoke" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." His first starring role in a series was as the title character in "Shane" in 1966. He worked with such directors as Martin Scorsese in "Box Car Bertha" in 1972 and Robert Altman in "The Long Goodbye" in 1973. iReport: Share memories of David Carradine Carradine was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as folk music legend Woody Guthrie in the 1976 movie "Bound For Glory," according to a biography on his official Web site. His theater career began while he studied drama at San Francisco State College in California. He later landed roles on Broadway in "The Deputy" and "The Royal Hunt of the Sun." Carradine, who was married five times and divorced four, is survived by his widow, Annie Bierman, according to People magazine. Video Watch Carradine talk about his 'Kung Fu' role » He was the son of actor John Carradine, a character actor who had appeared in hundreds of films, plays and television episodes. "David's career as an artist did not begin on the stage, though some of his early career was on and off Broadway. His earliest work was as a sculptor and painter," Carradine's official Web site says. The site also includes an "Art Bio" in which the actor opens up about his life. advertisement "I've always had an especially hard time with everything I've tried to do," Carradine wrote. "I've made it pretty big as an actor in spite of being terminally shy. ... Invariably, I had huge obstacles to overcome in anything I tried. Had to work against my genes to achieve my dreams."
David Carradine milking the yellowface gig. Glad to see thats over now. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UQR41h2jGoQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UQR41h2jGoQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
No kidding, jeez, some people just have no sense of proper time or venue to have that type of discussion.
your posts in this thread are inappropriate you wanna whine about the casting of a show that has been off the air for 20+ years...make a damn thread yourself. drop it in this thread.
