Takeshi Kaneshiro considering a career advancement in Hollywood

Taiwanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro was recently sighted at the Los Angeles airport, and this sparked off speculations of the actor's plans to make a breakthrough in the Hollywood market. Coincidentally, there have been a recent influx of Asian artistes entering the western market, for example, Korean superstar Rain (Ninja Assassin), Lee Byung-hun (G.I. Joe), and Jay Chou in the upcoming movie remake, Green Hornet.

"He has friends over there [Los Angeles]. He went on a holiday to have fun and did not expect people to recognise him," said a representative from the management company.

Known to be very cautious about his overseas projects, Takeshi's 1998 film with Mira Sorvino in Too Tired To Die was a flop at the box office. Since then, the actor chose to keep a safe distance from the Hollywood market and rejected the offer to act in Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai.

Despite his initial letdown many years ago, Takeshi has successfully piqued Hollywood's interest in him again after his roles in Zhang Yi Mou's House of Flying Daggers and John Woo's trilogy series, Red Cliff.

A representative from his management agency expressed, "We have been receiving scripts as invitations to participate in Hollywood productions. Nothing can be confirmed now."