According to the triva Cynthia Rothrock was considered for the part of Lori but did not get the part as would be male co-stars did not want to get overshadowed by a woman. This brings me to the catfight between Lori and Melina as it seem somewhat contrived for it to last long as in the finished film given Rothrock's rep in martial arts as opposed to Rachel Ticotin or the other 2 names I have seen linked to the role, Nicole Kidman and Alexandra Paul.
shareTalk about a missed opportunity.
shareFundamentally, Cynthia Rothrock is mediocre actress anyway. She is OK in the low budget chop socky movies she used to make, but not for major movies like this.
share"Fundamentally, Cynthia Rothrock is mediocre actress anyway. She is OK in the low budget chop socky movies she used to make, but not for major movies like this."
You are basically correct. She's nothing to type home about, but she can be enjoyable in some not-so-serious romps, AS LONG as there's ACTUAL eye candy in there as well.
I mean, if she and her short-haired dogface and enormous áss macho in some movie a bit, it's not too bad, as you know the stunts are done by actual HongKongians, and there will be ACTUALLY good Kung-Fu actresses in the movie.
If she's the ONLY 'star' in the movie... I'll pass.
Well, I had to Google Rothrock because I've never heard of her. Not bad looking but not as hot as Sharon Stone IMO. The best she could have done is equal Stone's performance.
Before Total Recall was made, she almost did a movie with Sly Stallone called The Executioner. More about the aborted movie can be read here: https://popcultmaster.com/2018/10/01/the-cut-in-execute/
shareShe was cute in her prime, but Sharon Stone was on another level in this movie. It’s almost unfair to compare anyone to her looks wise.
The point is that Cynthia was a legit martial artist and an action movie star. She would’ve been an upgrade over Stone in the fight scenes. I don’t think it would be worth missing out on prime Sharon Stone though.
I love the idea of Cynthia Rothrock as Lori! On the other hand, we probably wouldn't have had Sharon Stone's amazing performance. Sharon Stone is my favorite part of this movie. I'm kind of torn on this. Also, it really is a shame that Rothrock didn't get into mainstream movies. I definitely think she would have kicked ass in Nancy Allen's role in Robocop.
shareI'M SURE SHE WAS CONSIDERED...BUT I SUSPECT HER VERY MEDIOCRE ACTING WAS THE MAIN REASON SHE DIDN'T GET THE ROLE.
shareShe would overshadow Arnold in 1990?LoL that's the stupidest statement ever...Arnold was the superstar of Action movies not even Stallone could overshadow him...Just stupid femtard BS
share"..as would be male co-stars did not want to get overshadowed by a woman. "
What are you talking about? How feministic an explanation can you come up with..?
Who cares about 'overshadowing' - you think Cynthia Rothrock could've overshadowed Arnold damn Schwartzenegger, even with her áss being almost as big as Arnold's biceps?
I am so glad they chose someone visually pleasing and with a good body instead of that stupid hack that doesn't even do her own stunts, but yet tries to act like touch feminist with that dogface of hers. The only reason she was allowed to be in all those Hong Kong movies was that she was a rare foreigner that could do a bit of Kung-Fu (she has nothing on Michelle Yeoh or Cynthia Khan, though, especially when it comes to screen presence), and because she's a woman (I guess some sort of affirmative action happens even in Asia).
I never had much respect for her, nothing she does on screen has ever been all that impressive. She's like a mediocre beatboxer; you can listen to that for awhile, but then you go back to the better ones and forget about the mediocre ones.
Sometimes her female macho BS is unbearably cringy to watch - the actual Hong Kong Kung-Fu actresses, like Moon Lee, are so much more interesting to look at, and they, with their SLIM bodies without gigantit butt, can do actual, proper, exciting and interesting Kung-Fu, and sing, too! (Just watch Moon Lee's performance in the 'Killer Angels' movie, if I remember correctly - brilliant 1980s energy!).
Cynthia is SO 'meh', I can't believe your stupid, misandristic 'men are egomonsters'-explanation for a second. There's NO WAY any man would object that way, and there's NO WAY anyone would listen to men even if they did. Why would they worry about being 'overshadowed'??
Where do you get this crap, did you go to some short-blue-haired-Karen meeting or what?
It's not like casting directors ask the 'male would-be co-stars' whether the APPROVE their casting choices!
I have NEVER heard of any man being 'afraid of being overshadowed by a woman' - men don't CARE about these 'gender issues' the same way fema-fascist nuts always PROJECT they would. What man would ever care who you cast as the female leads? I mean, can you imagine regular men thinking this way? I sure can't!
The only 'men' I can imagine even thinking this way are some kind of hypersensitive, fragile-ego decorator high-pithced feminine metrosexual-looking .. well, let's say it, idiot GAYtards. Why would it matter if it's a woman or not?
Women might be scared to be overshadowed by a 'mere man', but men hold women on pedestal, so this doesn't even make any sense. The only way it would make sense if men felt contempt for women JUST because they're women, but obviously this doesn't happen.
The only reason why many men might feel contempt or disgust of women, is their BEHAVIOUR these days, which is a completely different story than what you are peddling, fking fema-fascist BSmonger.