Bruce Lee radio interview with Ted Thomas 1971.2018
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Be it radio, TV or film, the bombastic broadcaster - who has given voice to Bruce Lee and Godzilla - has done it all. He talks about his he made a name for himself in his adopted city.
TED THOMAS
THE VOICE I must be the most prolific voice actor in the history of Hong Kong: I've done over 1,000 movies. I was the (English) voice in four of Bruce Lee's movies; they were halfway through a fifth when he died. Bruce came here from America, where he'd been on a TV series called The Green Hornet. He went to Run Run Shaw and said, "I'm here now; I'm quite famous in America," but Run Run wouldn't give him a job: he wanted too much money. Raymond Chow Man-wai, who'd just left Run Run Shaw, was starting Golden Harvest, and gave Bruce a job. I was doing film dubbing for both - that's how I met Bruce. He'd never had a serious fight in his life, even as a schoolboy; and he admitted it. He was in good shape and as a kung-fu fighter on film he came across very, very well. This is also true of a number of American movie stars - take Mickey Rooney: famous for his hard-hitting movies; never had a fight either. Around that time I was doing more radio and television than any other gweilo in Hong Kong. I've probably been in more movies than any gweilo in Hong Kong. But minor parts - a lot of it was voiceovers, sound effects. I was the (English) voice of Godzilla in the Japanese films. Live-action movie roles were only a dozen or so. I'm more of a ham actor. My biggest part was in The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008), alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, who'd won best actress at the European Film Awards that year. I did Ferry to Hong Kong (1959), starring Orson Welles. When the director fell sick, Orson took over directing the movie.
Bruce: Well, first of all, James Coburn is definitely, is not a fighter. Lover , yes. I mean, he’s really a super nice guy. I mean, not only that, he’s a very peaceful man. He learned martial arts because he finds that it is a very, very, it is like a mirror to reflect himself. You know what I mean? I mean, like I personally believe that all types of knowledge, I don’t care what it is, ultimately means self-knowledge. And that’s what he is after. Steve, now Steve is very uptight. Steve is very high strung, you know? Now Steve, he can be a very good martial artist. But, I hope that martial art would cool him down a little bit. Maybe make him a little bit more mellower, and be more peaceful, like Jim. (laughs).
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