The best curiosities of Team-A
The best curiosities of Team-A. If you lived your childhood during 80 sure you remember series like McGyver, The fantastic car, the Blue Thunder or own Team A (The Magnificent in Latin America). This series, narrated the adventures of an elite command of the American army in Vietnam, unjustly accused of robbing a bank and that as the phrase in his introduction said, “survived like soldiers of fortune”.
“In 1972, four of the best men in the American army who formed a commando, were imprisoned for a crime they had not committed. They did not take long to escape from the prison in which they were held. Today, still wanted by the government, survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem and you find it, maybe I can hire them ...Team A…” sounded in a voice-over in the Spanish version while the music from the headboard gave way to shots, explosions and the presentation of the characters.
The best curiosities of Team-A
The series had 97 chapters spread over 5 seasons, including the pilot, and was issued from 23 of January of 1983 until the 08 March 1987. One of the guests, with the most participation in the series was the fighter Hulk Hogan who played himself for several chapters. During filming the gold you used Mr T for his M.A character (bad attitude in Spain, B.A bad attitude en el original) , came to weigh between 35 Y 40 pounds. Quite a problem because it took an hour to put all that on top.
In the pilot episode of the series, the character of Fenix (in Spain, Face in the original) was played by Tim Dunigan. However, he was considered too young to play a Vietnam veteran., so from the second chapter on the role was performed by Dirk Benedict which ended up becoming one of the icons of the series.
Ana Obregon came out in an A-Team chapter. He had a more or less relevant role in a double chapter where in addition, kissed nothing more and nothing less than George Peppard. The Spanish told some anecdotes about her passage through the series to various media, like he had to go through an hiv test.
No one ever died. One of the best curiosities of Team-A is that despite the shot salad, bombs, explosions and even helicopters crashing after falling from great height, nobody ever died. The reason was very simple. The series was rated for certain ages so they couldn't get anyone shot or killed.
The A-Team van was a key part of the series. So much so that for most fans he became a plot icon. It always came out flawless even though it was shot and scrapped many times.
George Peppard (Aníbal Smith) Y Mr T (M.A) they got along fatally, we are going to kill. Peppard did not take very well that Mr T surpassed him in popularity. Their relationship was so bad that they got stuck on the set and according to what they say, the result was not what everyone would expect. Peppard knocked Mr T unconscious. The African-American actor and former bodyguard was surprised by a Peppard, Former elite military man who applied his knowledge in hand-to-hand combat to knock out the strongman from the series.
