Comments on: Asian guys in Hollywood, or everyone gets to be a ninja

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:40:18 +0000

I’m sure Jay can speak English well enough to appear in a Hollywood film. Hell, if Zhang Ziyi and Shu Qi can do it, I don’t see why Jay can’t.

BTW, first spy photo of Jay on the set, plus pictures of his stunt double:
http://superherohype.com/news/greenhornetnews.php?id=8662

By: vid

vid — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:45:36 +0000

Seems the obvious question nobody has asked is…can Jay Chou speak English well? If he can then I’d be ok with it but I think they only cast Chou because of his popularity in Asia and not because of his acting.

By: Bernard

Bernard — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:05:44 +0000

I actually don’t mind Jay playing Kato. Besides not being able to really fight… he’d be great as the no-talking limo driver of the Hornet that gets him out of trouble.

It will definitely be a comedy and I think Jay works better in comic films than any other genre.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:29:39 +0000

Hi Leemoy,

I probably had fewer problems with Vengeance than most, but it definitely had screenwriting issues. I may post my opinion of the film on my blog later. I won’t be making anymore foolish promises about eating insects.

Hi Minh,

Thanks for posting that link. I really wasn’t prepared to hear QT ramble for 6 minutes so I only watched the first 2 minutes before reading the full list of movies. It’s excellent that he included 7 Asian films on his Top 20 list. My opinion on QT has always been mixed — he’s a good filmmaker but terribly self-indulgent. However, he does love movies, both Asian and otherwise, which is something I can’t help but respect.

I was happiest to see Tsui Hark’s BLADE on his list. I only hope someone at Warners was paying attention and will finally release that film from their vaults. Freeing PEDICAB DRIVER would be nice too.

By: Minh

Minh — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:16:02 +0000

Kozo, on the topic of asian guys in hollywood, have you seen the compilation of Tarantino’s top 20 movies since 1992 he put out recently. Any comments about the asian movies that made it to his list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4K-Rxx2Bk

Battle Royale was his clear #1!

By: Leemoy

Leemoy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:42:43 +0000

Chow didn’t directed Dragon Ball. He was the producer and he write a first version of Dragon Ball script, but as always Fox adapted the script for their taste.

By: 1lau

1lau — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:49:10 +0000

Hmm a lot about Hollywood this time. I didn’t know Chow directed the Dragonball movie.

Stephen Chow is a huge blockbuster at any Comedy.

@ Leemoy Yeah Louis Koo is a lot better then Jay Chou!

By: Leemoy

Leemoy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:01:39 +0000

If there is a possibility they cast Jay Chow, why not consider Louis Koo? LOL

As well it seems Hong Kong has few young superestars talents, so besides I don’t like Jay Chow’s acting it would not abe an upset see him in a highbugdet Hollywood movie.

P.S: Hey, Kozo you should have bet eat a bug if Vengeance was not a great movie. I am sure Johnnie To would have slaped the screenwriter to write a better script.

By: anotherlonelyday

anotherlonelyday — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:28:13 +0000

actually come to think about it chou is rather similar to chow and i’m not talking about acting style/abilities. chou comes across also as someone very smart and shrewd. he might be taking the role on his conditions too. i think he’s got too much pride to do anything second rate.

also what’s with the rogen beef, i quite like his work/writing. interesting to see how it’s gonna work though.

By: Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar

Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:12:06 +0000

Jay will be fine? How about someone who can act (well usually act) and convincingly fight like Shawn Yue, Wu Jing or Nick Tse or anyone from the cast of Invisible Target or any other Benny Chan-ish film? Actually, because Seth Rogan is involved, I have every confidence this film will be a steaming pile of poop anyway but I would have been thrilled to see some of the HK stars that I like (who aren’t 45-50) involved getting some Hollywood exposure. I was excited when it was announced that Stephen Chow would direct it and have been less than thrilled with each subsequent announcement. If they get Anthony, Francis or Ti Lung in the film as guest stars let me know, I might give a crap