Amazing Cynthia Rothrock Martial Arts & Movie Legend Interview
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Amazing Cynthia Rothrock Martial Arts & Movie Legend Interview
Martial arts and movie legend Cynthia Rothrock talks to movie specialist Andrew Staton about;
- How did Cynthia start in martial arts?
- When and how did she become involved in the movie business?
- Was she part of the West Coast Demonstration Team headed by Ernie Reyes Snr?
- Why did the search for the next Bruce Lee lead to her being signed?
- Was Corey Yuen the casting director for Seasonal Films from Hong Kong who chose her?
- Did she manage to maintain her undefeated place in the Forms Competition for 5 years?
- How did she progress from one movie to a full-time career?
- What was it like working with Michelle Yeoh?
- How tough was it working in the Hong Kong stunt/ fight world?
- Why is Lady Reporter/ Blonde Fury her favourite movie to have worked on?
- What was it like working with Golden Harvest in Hong Kong?
- How did Golden Harvest break into the western market?
- What was it like working with Robert Clouse and his style of directing from Enter The Dragon?
- Did Robert Clouse prefer to shoot the fight scenes in long shots?
- How did Richard Norton become involved in China O'Brien?
- How did Keith Cooke become involved in China O'Brien?
- How many takes were normal in Hong Kong fight scenes compared to in LA?
- Is it 50 takes versus 7 takes?
- What was it like to shoot with so many takes?
- How did she feel filming 2 movies, China O'Brien 1 and 2 at the same time?
- What was it like filming without stunt doubles and shooting so many physical takes?
- How did she break her finger in China O'Brien 1?
- What film split her internal ear open?
- Did they see Cynthia Rothrock / China O'Brien as the "Queen of Kung Fu, who will take over from Bruce Lee"?
- Did her success change the business for other women?
- How did Fred Weintraub get China O'Brien into the city parade?
- How did Robert Clouse refer to his time working with Bruce Lee?
- How is her production Black Creek progressing?
- Does she combine martial arts with cowboys?
- How did she cast so many great action stars?
- How did she manage to finance the film on Kickstarter?
- How does she support the film's many backers?
- Is China O'Brien 3 a possibility?
- How did a Stallone movie offer get in the way of an earlier China O'Brien 3?
- How on earth did she become involved in Santa's Summer House movie?
- How did she end up as Mrs Claus?
Black Creek the movie can be found here on Kickstarter;
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