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Post by harmonica on Feb 2, 2010 11:32:21 GMT -5
What do you think about Bolo's built Chaney?Is he natural or steroid-made?
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Post by chaney on Feb 2, 2010 20:02:38 GMT -5
Looked natural in ENTER THE DRAGON. I don't know about BLOODSPORT. Seems he was much more vascular in that film if I remember correctly. Don't think he was "steroid built", but maybe "steroid-modified" over the ensuing years.
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Post by harmonica on Feb 5, 2010 15:20:50 GMT -5
What I find interesting about Bolo's as well as Charlie's face is the fact that it's scary but friendly the same time.
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Post by maphillips3 on Feb 7, 2010 19:08:43 GMT -5
What about Sonny Landham(Predator, Lock Up)? i heard of altercation on the Predator set, and he was a real bad ass, in real life.
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Post by chaney on May 30, 2010 10:45:51 GMT -5
Yeah, Sonny Landham was a tough guy. He got into trouble while making 48 HRS. as well. The story on PREDATOR was that the insurance company made the producers hire a 24 hr a day bodyguard for Sonny to protect the other actors in the cast. Mind you, the cast included Arnold, Carl Weathers, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Sonny still gave the bodyguard the slip and raised hell in Mexico. Word was that he got crazy when he drank. Probably a reason he didn't work many studio films after that. Carl Weathers was very suspicious of him, so producer Joel Silver hired Landham for a cameo to work a fight scene with Weathers in ACTION JACKSON. Weathers reportedly didn't care one bit for Silver's practical joke. The two of them do have a nice little fight though, and Landham looks absolutely crazy in the part.
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Post by Mike reid on Nov 4, 2010 19:41:30 GMT -5
What about the Chinese actor Bolo Yeung? The guy was one of the most amazing bad guys in martial arts cinema.He was practiced in Tai Chi and Wing Chun.He has been a great body-builder, weight-lifter and power-lifter too.He is famous mostly famous because of his, impressively enormous pectorals.He appeared in martial arts classics like "Enter The Dragon" "Bloodsport", "Double Impact", "Shootfighter: Fight to the Death"... and many others.It's said that once he swam from china to Hong Kong.
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Post by maphillips3 on Nov 7, 2010 23:54:13 GMT -5
Thats an amazing swim! Just swimming a lap in the pool at the YMCA, is a chore for me!
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Post by michael carter on Jan 10, 2012 7:53:48 GMT -5
Character Victor Jory was one of the toughest of the old-time actors. He wasn't the biggest guy physically, but he was solid and had boxed and wrestled in his youth. He got into a fight with Errol Flynn at a party and knocked Flynn all over the place. Flynn had a habit of befriending anyone who could beat him and that's what happened with Jory. When the two worked on DODGE CITY Flynn negotiated for Jory to get into fights with Ward Bond and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams to see who was the toughest among his friends. Jory broke Bond's nose and knocked out Big Boy as well, who at the time was supposed to be the toughest guy around. When they realized they had been set up by Flynn, Jory and Big Boy finished off a bottle of gin together.
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Post by Dogface on Dec 25, 2013 15:30:40 GMT -5
Terrific thread!I have a lot to post and learn here.
What's your opinion about Robert ''Jeep'' Swenson?
He was a professional wrestler, stuntman and actor.He had a career in WCCW and he was a member of the ''Alliance to End Hulkamania'' a wrestlecrap match in old good WCW.Of course most of you know him from his role as ''Bane'' in ''Batman and Robin'' movie (I'm one in some billions of haters who loves that flick and one reason is that man).He played James Caan's bodyguard in ''Bulletproof'' and a pit fighter who dominates Ralf Moeller in ''The Bad Pack''.Just look how enormous is in front of Moeller.I'm happy in few days I will purchase those two in vhs tapes.Some cameos in ''Walker-Texas Rainger'' tv series and in ''No Holds Barred'' are available in his legacy.In his time he had the bigest biceps in the world.Personally he is one of my favourites and what I love in guys like him are that bulky muscles ready to broke you to pieces!!!A really badass!!!
Rest In Piece.You was really good.
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Post by elvis fan on Jul 21, 2014 5:32:22 GMT -5
The Gene LeBell vs Seagal Story isn´t true. Conrad Palmisano-a very respected stunt coordinator- stated that a fight between Seagal and LeBell never happened. Palmisano choreographed the stunts on "Out for Justice".
Diana Lee Inosanto-the daughter of Daniel Inosanto who played a small role in the Seagal movie "Out for Justice"- also said in an interview that the story was exaggerated. She said "It´s a great story but it isn´t true". You can watch her interview on YouTube.
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Post by Elvis1978 on Mar 21, 2016 17:27:15 GMT -5
Judo Gene LeBell ... He had enough size, was a world judo champ, and learned old school wrestling from all the great technical guys. He also picked up a lot of boxing because his mother owned the old Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The guy is in his mid 70's now and still feared. Are you familiar with the Steven Seagal story? LeBell can't talk about it because of a court order, but it's said he had a confrontation with Seagal on the set of OUT FOR JUSTICE. Seagal had a bad rep with the stuntmen because he was so rough in fight scenes and was tooting his own horn. Others on the set basically told Seagal that there was an old guy in his 60's there who could put him down. Seagal laughed at them but they put LeBell up to it. LeBell had Seagal in a choke hold in seconds. Seagal claimed he wasn't ready then went for a low blow. This made LeBell mad and he REALLY choked Seagal out. There are claims that Seagal urinated and defecated on himself as he went out. Seagal sued and it was eventually settled with LeBell agreeing not to talk about the incident for fear the publicity would undermine Seagal's then tough guy rep with the public. Leo Gordon was simply feared, and rightly so for that era. Brothers Lawrence Tierney and Scott Brady too. Seems like they passed the torch off to William Smith in the 60's. Smith was undefeated as a boxer in the Air Force and studied kenpo with Ed Parker and San Soo Kung Fu (a brutal style utilizing knees and elbows). He once sparred with Chuck Norris. Some 20-30 years later he did an episode of WALKER, TEXAS RANGER and Chuck told him they sparred together. Smith didn't remember sparring with Chuck Norris, but Chuck Norris remembered sparring with him. Other real tough guys were stuntmen Roy Jenson, Tony Epper, and Robert Tessier. By the way Chaney, that whole Seagal vs LeBell incident is bullshit because it never happened.
Ron Balicki is the husband of Diana Lee Inosanto(daughter of Daniel Inosanto) and he said that he had asked several stuntmen who all worked as stuntmen on "Out for Justice" and they all said that the Story was fabricated by the press. I asked Conrad Palmisano also and he said that there was no fight at all. Palmisaon was the stunt coordinator on that movie.
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Post by maphillips33 on Jul 15, 2017 13:34:59 GMT -5
Great stories! Man I love this site!
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