5. Remember The Cobra Joke From The Beginning? That One Has A Basis In Fact
It wasn’t a cobra, but a rattlesnake. While shooting an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger, a scene called for Norris to grab a live rattlesnake off the ground and count its rattles. The first take went off without a hitch. But the director wanted a second take – and the snake sunk its fangs into Norris’ hand! According to him, “blood started gushing out,” causing the director to take off running in panic. As a precaution, Norris went to the hospital to be checked for venom, but there was none in his system.
6. The Way Of Dragon Chuck Norris First Time To Appear In A Major Cinematic Role
The next film to showcase Norris’ martial arts skills after Way of the Dragon was a Hong Kong film called Yellow Faced Tiger, aka Slaughter in San Francisco, aka Karate Cop. Again, Norris played a villain, although this time with a much larger role. He got his first leads as the hero in the 1977 film Breaker! Breaker!, and then in the 1978 film Good Guys Wear Black, which he considers his breakout role. From that point on, he’s played largely heroic roles – a much better fit!
7. Some Of His Famous (Non-Martial Arts) Co-Stars Include
Christopher Lee (An Eye for an Eye, 1981) Robert Beltran (Lone Wolf McQuade, 1983) John Rhys-Davies (Firewalker, 1986) Pretty much the entire cast of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), where he played himself. There are more; however, these stand out when skimming the casts of his movies.