 Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau is wondering if he can follow in the footsteps of Michelle Yeoh and Tony Lereng in becoming a star in America But I guess the question is does Hollywood want him? Yeah, I can hear the auntie's talking right now Wow, I want to become a Hollywood star. Will he be able to do it? Can I? I really like it, I love it, I love it, I love it Anyways guys this this video is obviously for people who are familiar with the Hong Kong movie industry and especially Andy Lau shout out to him But we're gonna talk about it So please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot pot boys as we discuss his possible career opportunities in America in Hollywood and by the way guys our understanding of HK cinema and entertainment is not 10 out of 10 But we know something leave your comments down below if you know more about this situation real quick and or something else Transitioning from the east to the west is small a small a sauce calm right now get it It's parts Sichuan parts Sicily a real truffle in there Unlike anything available on the market right now goes delicious on dim sum like we I eat it with dim sum all the Different dim sum dishes. It's delicious guys made in America check it out smaller sauce calm Um enter his quote at the Toronto Film Festival was I'm prepared to enter Hollywood But is Hollywood ready for me? That's kind of a funny thing to ask Like is Hollywood going to pick me going to let me enter it But yeah, I mean I guess so a lot of people are like yo Andy Lau Technically of the big Hong Kong superstars. He'd be up next Jackie Chan broke first obviously huge global massive star Michelle yo Want an Oscar for Best Actress but before that she was in a Bond movie, right? Yeah, so she's been in America Lee came gently young fat How you're fat enter Jackie Chan's homie from training day training school days Sam oh hung was in America. That's true Sam. Oh hung had his own TV show And then a law we used to watch that and then so then yeah Chow Yun fat actually had a couple movies in America. He had The Corruptor and then like one other one replacement killers. Yeah replacement killers And then so I guess Andy Lau's like the next one up. Yeah, and you know Andy Lau's probably thinking You know, I was one of the main characters in infernal affairs infernal affairs that became the departed the departed They just put Leo and then Jack Nicholson and it became an Oscar winner. Well, I'm sorry, mr Lau, I thought you were busy being a pop star in Hong Kong, you know, you seem to really enjoy it So we we just kind of let you do your thing What's the major difference between the perception of him and Tony learn who recently was in Shang-Chi though Yeah, so Tony learn he had won a lifetime achievement award from the Venice Film Festival. He's very Tony learn is very well-respected Amongst hipsters around the globe right because of the stuff with one car wide Yeah, all the moody moody I do think that He is probably technically a better actor than Andy Lau. He's known to act with his eyes He has that romantic flair to him. He has that hipster appeal He has that Brooklyn appeal like literally right like people who don't even like maybe eat Chinese food Maybe it may or may not like know who Tony learn is because they respect the move I would say Andy Lau. It's hard to describe who we would be in America, but it's almost like a I Don't know. I was gonna say a Harrison Ford or almost like a Tom Cruise type situation where they're a major big Actor that gets a lot of money, but they just never had the hipster cred or like the super artsy credibility Yeah, they're kind of in those normal movies like action movies a lot kind of just like General thrillers things that are not gonna win him a best actor award Well in the 1980s Andrew when Andy Lau debuted I guess he was more known as just a good-looking guy But he sort of got himself to be a decent singer and an above average actor But he was never known like for his like pure technical talent. It was more for his looks. Yeah I don't even know if his music. I mean he has a couple hits, but like as far as his music He's probably not known for being the most talented singer either. No, no I wouldn't say so to be honest definitely not it's more for the aunties There may be another aspect Andrew I feel like some of these older Hong Kong stars that were in Beijing making movies for a while That system has tightened up on censorship over the last five or six years They may be more thinking about like oh, you know, I don't know if I want to just keep going over there They might have another lockdown, you know, we got to go to LA. Yeah, no, I understand man Oh, yeah, dude also Daniel Wu made it over from Hong Kong Well, he's from America went to Hong Kong made it came back to America and made it So I think like he's looking at everybody and I understand I understand I think Andy Lau is right in asking the questions Yo, when am I gonna get my chance at Hollywood and see if I can actually like cross over now, right? But realistically under he's not gonna have the same range of roles available to him because obviously You know what I mean in Hollywood they're gonna have a completely different set of archetypes that he's able to play What do you think he could play? All right? So my prediction for Andy Lau knowing kind of like that Asian talent pool of Hollywood I think he can play a really really good Chinese billionaire villain Now that's a character that's gonna pop up in the future and actually Andy Lau just recently said he is more willing to Play the villain like he wants to yeah, and I think he can While he wouldn't he was more like Tom Cruise. He always wants to be the good guy in Hong Kong Listen cuz he's a pop star and stuff like that But I think he's got if he wants to come to America He's gonna have to play like this evil Steve Jobs like look at these pictures He totally fits maybe a evil Elon Musk and of course I'm saying evil because it's probably gonna be a Western movie and therefore he's gonna be you know on the on the Antagonist side. I think he can also play on the comedic side a eccentric washed up pop star Which is like I'm not saying that's what he is but based on these pictures He could play like the Hong Kong JYP, but in a comedic way I think that'd be a funny character I could see some like almost like Nicholas Cage type thing like a ex pop star who gets recruited to do go on some International spy mission or something like trust me. I am the international star from Hong Kong I am going to save the world and then everybody's like hold on dude. What is this who is this guy? Would you guys get this guy from yeah, let us know what you guys think in the comment section below What roles can Andy Lau realistically play and obviously they have to be available within the Hollywood pool Thing I don't think he's gonna be playing anytime soon. It's just the regular average Asian dad. Yeah I mean to be honest I think his grasp of English out of everybody that transitioned over from Hong Kong and by the way I know that Michelle Yoast from Malaysia originally, but like his English might be the worst And he can speak English, but he it's very it sounds very flat. It's difficult to emote So anyway guys best of luck to Andy Lau. Let us know what you guys think but and real quick We got a grade everybody else who transitioned over from Hong Kong to America and sort of like give it Just give a quick breakdown of their journey Andrew Jackie Chan Nothing needs more to be said Andrew. I gave him a plus. Yeah, I think he got typecast it a little bit But really he's sort of typecast himself if anything, right? Yeah, I mean he was already playing a lot of those roles He's the pilot to me Jackie Chan is the number one probably greatest movie Entertainer at least physical entertainer of all time, but it's true that in his Western roles his sex appeal was sort of eliminated Yeah, I feel like he wasn't Yeah, but he wasn't he wasn't the sexiest dude in Asia either I mean like a four like a five out of ten sexy to like a two out of ten sexy But it wasn't he wasn't like a ten out of ten heartthrob All right, Michelle Yo, like we said originally from Malaysia, but got big in Hong Kong then Hong Kong transition to Hollywood Andrew I'm gonna give her a plus for results But I kind of feel like a little bit like I don't know if people in Hollywood first of all of course We got left from Michelle Yo, but I'm saying people in Hollywood. I don't know if they truly love her You know what I mean? Because she's only been in a few American things But obviously they were all you know massive hits recently since CRA and then of course everything everywhere all at once And what are you gonna give Tony learn for recently being in Shang-Chi? So I mean Shang-Chi, but also with the Wong Kar-Wai films that he was in he gets Western points for that Well, cuz they crossed over even though they were not intended to be Western Yeah, but Shang-Chi it is like I guess his biggest American movie that he's ever in so I would give him Going from Hong Kong to America only give it a B or B plus. I think he actually has a ways to go He can he has one more level up. Yeah, I think I would actually give it a B minus right now I'm like his journey so far because I think he's gonna but I think he's rising up and or Chaoyang fat He basically entered the game Dooley's he had dual pistols. He was in a bunch of movies We're talking about the replacement killers the corruptor But he also had a acting acting role in Anna and the King where he was actually playing the romantic Interest of Jody Foster, right? Oh, yeah, I feel like that. He's kind of respected in the West a little bit I'd give him a B because I think that he had his moment now Maybe he didn't see a level up from then because his moment was in like the early 2000s essentially Right, so I guess like he didn't really keep going after that. He kind of went back in a way That's true. A lot of rappers still reference John Woo movies though So I'm a fan, you know, you know, I think his biggest mistake was turning down the role of Morpheus That was originally supposed to go to Chaoyang fat. That's crazy. That would have been interesting. Yeah I mean, I kind of worked out with with Lawrence Fishburne though, but you got Donnie Yen Donnie Yen was I believe born in Hong Kong raised in Boston went back to Hong Kong Yeah, and came back. I'd say he listened. He was a Jedi. He was just a John Woo He might get his own John Woo spinoff What I said John Wick John Wick spinoff People know Donnie Yen. I mean as a martial artist, I'd give him a minus I think he actually has a little bit more juice to go. But essentially, I mean people know him Right, right, right. I mean, it's difficult to rank some of these guys that are like 10 out of 10 in martial arts skill Right because Chaoyang fat and Andy Lau they don't fight Right, so that does not train fighters But some of these a lot of these guys like jet Lee a lot of people I guess you could guess Andrew jet Lee used to win national Championships for Wushu in China before he became a movie star moving on to jet Lee I mean, he's this is a hardcore martial artist. I would give his career a solid B plus in America I give it a you give it a yeah But I have I thought his his peak could have even been higher considering his level of English Because you know jet Lee's English is not amazing, right? I would give it a though because he has had multiple movies to himself and everybody knows jet Lee It's really jet Lee it's Jackie Chan jet Lee as far as name recognition and then it goes Donnie in as far as Jay Z did shout out jet Lee before yeah, and I mean he came in what Lisa weapon for You know, he had the kiss with Aliyah that got cut out. He was in the oceans 11 series the Expendables He had the whole movie the one hero was actually still even though that's a movie from China. That was big over here Yeah, yeah, that's true. Um and a moving on to Sam Ohung Sam Ohung is actually an interesting one because he never really gotten to movies in America But then he had his own TV show and I thought martial law what it went for a few seasons It wasn't like a crazy Successful show, but it had Kelly who in it Most notably she went on to have a career after that. I thought I thought Sam was good It's just his English was like and they're not gonna put a guy that I guess like fat or like shlubby looking in a way Yeah, but that was part of his thing and it was so hilarious in Hong Kong Did he walk so was the name Benton Wong could run the guy who's in Marvel right now. Oh Yeah, yeah, it's possible do this Someone at the same time the other guys more Genghis Khan I'd actually give Sam Ohung's career in the West and a minus. Okay. He had his own TV show. That's true Not bad shout out to martial law and he can't speak English that well So you got to give him credit because it's like he still had a career and he didn't like and he was repping for the big boys Yeah, he was repping for the chunky move. He could move at his size too Like he said actually was trained at the same academy as Jackie Chan in Hong Kong. Um, Andrew Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Chinese American born in the Bay Area went to Hong Kong had a career in China in Hong Kong and then came back he did Into the Badlands most notably and then I think he's working on some other movies out in America right now I give it he his transition got to get like a B right now, but it has chance to go up I think it's a minus. Okay. I think it's a minus. I think he's got a couple more movies But I thought he's done pretty well overall. Yeah, I got no expectations. Oh Daniel Wu. Yeah, I know him. They know the name Okay, anyways guys, uh David what's your overall takeaway as far as Andy Lau? I mean as far as Andy Lau goes. I don't know. I'm sure he would never vocalize this He's probably thought about the complexities of how he's gonna get typecast as an Asian guy Everybody knows the cards that the Asian guys have coming over are completely different By the way, I'm not gonna discount the fact that Michelle. Yo is actually a native English speaker because she grew up in colonial Malaysia It helps like even more English speaker than any of these HK guys, right, right? Yeah, HK is more part of you know closer to China. So it's like It's tough to say but it's like it's gonna be tough to expect outside of the indie route There's like no other way in it's almost like you get the indie respect and then you can break into Hollywood I think I think Andy Lau has a chance man I think that between playing kind of like the Chinese tech billionaire like the Chinese Steve Jobs or Playing he could play in a Bond movie. He looks amazing in a suit. He's really cool looking He looks kind of like a elf but like a more masculine. Yeah, he could be he could be in a Bond movie He can kind of fight. I mean he's trained for long enough, you know, I think Andy Lau could do something I don't know what it's gonna be but here's the thing about coming from a different world and you're being a huge star out there There is some humbling experiences coming over and transition. You're talking about the media not knowing No, but even is he gonna audition? Are you gonna have Andy Lau audition? Maybe you kind of have to have him audition against maybe some other that looking at the Asian male acting pool as it is Depending on the way you might have to have him audition against BD Wong or something like that Possibly and he may not accept that. Yeah, and that's like, you know, also understandable from his perspective because he's a gigantic star So I guess if he's willing to humble himself I think he has a shot But I do think he's gonna have to come over kind of a little bit with that that immigrant mindset unless he lines up I'll opportunity kind of like a Shang-Chi, which is such a heavily Chinese movie but made From an American company right where he's almost leveraging his fame in the east to skip the line Yeah, skip the Hollywood line. I mean listen Andy Lau. I mean listen. He's the next Hong Kong star up So I think he's got a chance you guys never got a shot yet. No, let me know in the comments down below What you guys think are we missing something? I know he just had a couple recent new movies But I see his movies on Netflix sometimes like the Firestorm 3 Honestly, I'm not super interested in that one I don't know if the pop singing is gonna transition to the western world though Yo, he looks like he's having fun though with the pop song bro. He's still It's kind of like robin thick mixed but the sonically more like David It sounds more like David Hasselhoff to me. I don't know guys Let me know what you guys think in the comment section below keep it civil always encourage the debate What are the pros? What are the cons? Is it likely to happen or not until next time we'd hop up boys. We out. Peace