chriskyk

I feel like Asian males' status is rising quickly, there are a lot more Asian leading roles in Hollywood movies now, since Hollywood movie companies want to keep the high quality yet don't have enough capital, so they beg for Chinese movie companies' help. They help Hollywood for no reason, but ask Hollywood to use Asian actors and show their charm. Even <Iron Man 3>, expected to be a blockbuster, is inviting Andy Lau and is giving him a major role - as Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) assistant.

eg.

John Cho as Harold in <Harold and Kumar> series
Jackie Chan as Mr. Han in <Karate Kid 2>-2013
Tiger Chen as leading role in Keanu Reeve's new movie <Man of Tai Chi>-2013

etc etc