Amazing Cynthia Rothrock Martial Arts & Movie Legend Interview

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?

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