Archive: Inside Cynthia Rothrock Part 3

In this final segment of an epic update, the fearless Bey Logan feels the wrath of Rothrock, as Cyndy lambasts vicious critics, defends her career choices and talks Stallone and t.v...

Bey Logan: Do you read reviews of your films? Apart from mine, that is...

Cynthia Rothrock: I don't go looking for them. If I happen to come across one, of course I'll read it, if I see my name somewhere. I was happy to get some good reviews in entertainment weekly, which is a big magazine over here.  I just read a review the other day that someone had sent to my mom, of China O'Brien 2, and it was really good. I got a good review in Variety for Fast Getaway, for my acting in that, so that made me very happy. Of course when critics write nasty things about me, I just block that from my mind. I have a theory that what goes around comes around. If you're going to be vindictive to someone for purely stupid, selfish reasons, then you're going to get what comes to you in the end. It's not worth worrying about or thinking about that kind of review.

Bey Logan: You're really a very calm person, and one of the few times I've seen something really get your back up was when I.K.F seemed to be a running campaign against you in 'Video Kicks' column, and you responded to it in print.

Cynthia Rothrock: Enough's enough. I think I am one of the calmest persons to work with, and I'll put up with a lot, as you know only too well, Mr Logan! However, there comes a time when you reach a certain point an then that's it!

Bey Logan:  I just got back from Mifed, and I noticed that, whereas last year there were posters of this film Dark Red all over the place, this year it had vanished, and it wasn't made despite the publicity...

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