[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Sat next to him on a plane from LA to Chicago once. He seemed to live off of the attention he got. He liked it a lot when I recognized him. He might have had some sort of self-esteem issues.[/quote]
That seems far-fetched. Hollywood types are usually very well-grounded and sure of themselves.
DB
I was really upset hearing about David. I watched a disproportionate amount of Kung Fu, Death Race 2000, and later Kung Fu, The Legend Continues when I was younger. He had that calm and confident presence about him that made him really marketable and downright cool.
I also got to meet him an awful lot. Why? Many episodes of Kung Fu, The Legend Continues were filmed in locations near my high school. Anyone from Southern Ontario who watches KFTLC can likely find some place they’re familiar with. Off the top of my head, The Gooderham and Worts distillery district, The Niagara Escarpment (Rattlesnake Point/Mount Nemo in particular), Toronto’s Chinatown, The Eaton Center, the Oakville lakefront, Ontario Place…these were all common locations.
One location, just outside Mississauga, was right next to my high school. It was a relatively busy street that they’d use for “Caine walking down the street with Peter” shots (of which there were many). David would freely wander around off set between shots and on break. We’d see him in McDonalds. We’d see him at Walmart. We’d see him wandering aimlessly, just like his character. He wouldn’t even change out of his silk kung-fu get-up.
David drank. A lot. Be it at 8am, 12pm or after school at 4pm, if you ran into him you could smell the booze permeating through every pore. I think it was a demon that he fought throughout his life.
He was a genuinely nice guy though. He took the trouble to remember many of our names. I remember distinctly the last conversation I had with him:
David: “So I’m guessing its exam time soon for you guys, isn’t it?”
Me: “Yeah, I’ve got some killers”
David: “You’ll do fine. Trust Caine!”
RIP David Carradine
[quote]Professor X wrote:
altimus wrote:
autoerotic asphyxiation
More common than most would accept.[/quote]
Especially in Thailand, where anything and everything goes. Sad to hear he evidently suffered from a lifelong addiction to alcohol. When I was a kid and KUNG FU was the tv show (Awesome, btw), he was worshiped by every little boy.
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
Sat next to him on a plane from LA to Chicago once. He seemed to live off of the attention he got. He liked it a lot when I recognized him. He might have had some sort of self-esteem issues.
That seems far-fetched. Hollywood types are usually very well-grounded and sure of themselves.
DB[/quote]
Well, I don’t know about the grounded part but they are sure of themselves.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
altimus wrote:
autoerotic asphyxiation
More common than most would accept.[/quote]
“Accept”? I suppose you deliberately chose this word over “suspect”. I like it. Kind of a subtle way of saying “You can’t handle the truth”.