Actually, the character of Kwai Chang Caine was Bruce Lee's idea, and you're showing your inner bigot if you think that Bruce Lee wouldn't be able to play the character he created.
If you want to see Lee in a more average role, look at his guest appearances on Longstreet with James Franciscas. Lawson --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwDr4plqzEE > > Great find, feste. That was an interesting series. The > producers originally conceived of Caine as played by > Bruce Lee, but others (because he wasn't yet a big star, > having only really been seen as Kato in "The Green > Hornet") thought he wouldn't be appropriate. Wise call. > Carradine may have not been the best actor in the world, > or even a competent martial artist, but he could pull > off some of the inner aspects of Kwai Chang Caine. > Bruce Lee wouldn't have been able to. >
