TMC
05-18-2016, 05:54 PM
http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/mr-t-interview-please-dont-pity-the-fool/
Even when Mr. T isn’t around, he’s around. The pop culture icon known for his work in Rocky III, the early WrestleManias, and The A-Team has continued to stay in the public eye with a variety of projects, from commercials to the short-lived World’s Craziest Fools television show (we hardly knew ye).
His look is unmistakable. His catch phrases are part of the public lexicon. And long after any of us are walking this Earth, people will know who Mr. T is. That’s something to aspire to, and he knows that, which is probably why he’s spent as much time as he has crafting words of wisdom to build people up and help to motivate.
Uproxx spoke with Mr. T on Wednesday as part of some promotion he was doing for Fairfield Inn & Suites – while his character Mr. Guaran-T tried to inspire Nik Wallenda during a high-wire act in New York’s Flatiron Plaza – and discussed everything from Rocky and wrestling to the time he once tried out for the Green Bay Packers.
I never got around to seeing the A-Team movie.
You did the right thing. The A-Team movie people would even tell you: boy did we make a mistake trying to get somebody to replace Mr. T. There’s nothing like the real thing. There’s too many perpetrators. There’s only one Mr. T. They learned the hard way. You can’t just put a guy with muscles and the haircut in there. They learned. They learned, when it got beat at the box office. People went to the movies and said, “That fool ain’t Mr. T.”
Do you have a best estimate of how many concussions B.A. [Baracus] received while he was on duty with the A-Team?
We never got any concussions! It wasn’t like football. We were a well-oiled machine, the A-Team. We loved it when we were playing together – Hannibal, Murdock, Faceman – we was a team, man. We fought hard, and we took care of business.
Even when Mr. T isn’t around, he’s around. The pop culture icon known for his work in Rocky III, the early WrestleManias, and The A-Team has continued to stay in the public eye with a variety of projects, from commercials to the short-lived World’s Craziest Fools television show (we hardly knew ye).
His look is unmistakable. His catch phrases are part of the public lexicon. And long after any of us are walking this Earth, people will know who Mr. T is. That’s something to aspire to, and he knows that, which is probably why he’s spent as much time as he has crafting words of wisdom to build people up and help to motivate.
Uproxx spoke with Mr. T on Wednesday as part of some promotion he was doing for Fairfield Inn & Suites – while his character Mr. Guaran-T tried to inspire Nik Wallenda during a high-wire act in New York’s Flatiron Plaza – and discussed everything from Rocky and wrestling to the time he once tried out for the Green Bay Packers.
I never got around to seeing the A-Team movie.
You did the right thing. The A-Team movie people would even tell you: boy did we make a mistake trying to get somebody to replace Mr. T. There’s nothing like the real thing. There’s too many perpetrators. There’s only one Mr. T. They learned the hard way. You can’t just put a guy with muscles and the haircut in there. They learned. They learned, when it got beat at the box office. People went to the movies and said, “That fool ain’t Mr. T.”
Do you have a best estimate of how many concussions B.A. [Baracus] received while he was on duty with the A-Team?
We never got any concussions! It wasn’t like football. We were a well-oiled machine, the A-Team. We loved it when we were playing together – Hannibal, Murdock, Faceman – we was a team, man. We fought hard, and we took care of business.