Monday November 2,2009 Taiwan Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, one of Asian cinema's biggest superstars, could soon be following in the footsteps of fellow Asian stars Rain, Jay Chou and Lee Byung-hun and heading to Hollywood. The 33-year-old was recently spotted by fans in Los Angeles, fuelling speculation that the Taiwan-based actor is in talks to star in a Hollywood film. While Kaneshiro's agency has confirmed that the actor is indeed in Los Angeles, it said he is actually there on vacation to visit friends. The actor has always been cautious about taking on foreign films. In 1998, he starred in "Too Tired To Die" with Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino but has kept his distance since, and even turned down a role in "The Last Samurai" starring Tom Cruise. In recent years, the actor has once again caught Hollywood's attention after starring in 2004's "House of Flying Daggers" with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi and Hong Kong director John Woo's war epic "Red Cliff". His agency said that while the star has received several Hollywood offers, it will not reveal any details until he has signed on the dotted line. credits: channel news asia.
i don't watch anything japanese but i think he's the only one that i can get by .. lol ... i guess i saw the little monk movie when i was younger and he was in it so used to it. i stay the hell away from all japanese stuffs .. lol sure he can make it in hollywood. he has the look, talents, and language skills.
His Mandarin is good and his Cantonese was to bad either...he's half Taiwanese and half Japanese...I think.
i think it's better to be half taiwanese than half canto .. at least now, mandarin usage is on the rise and globally suited where as canto .. hmm .. majority only in guangzhou and hk .. scarcely elsewhere.
hah, its him, didnt recognize by his romanized name, i go for 金城武 all the time. good, he deserves a better Hollywood chance than Jay Chou being half taiwanese doesnt necessary mean u can speak mando well, sometimes its more like a mix of taiwanese & mando, might sound diff then others will ask back, lee shi zai gong sa? lol
nah ... thx .. no japanese here. @ kay .. i am just saying that mando is the official language and more useful than canto.
