Pursuing Acting Without A Hollywood Push
Mar 14th, 2009 by Alan Yu
Not too long ago I saw that new martial arts movie called Ip Man that starred an actor called Donnie Yen. He is pretty well known as a martial arts star in the East such as Hong Kong. While reading more about the movie since I thought it was very well done production wise and acting, I was reading some online postings from fans wondering why a person like this hasn’t received more attention in Hollywood for the North America crowd to see him.
Apparently he has but apparently he was only being offered roles that he didn’t really think was suitable for him. Therefore, for the most part he has stayed within the Asia film market. Some fans were even saying how it’s better that way as Hollywood would probably destroy the image that he has now and that he doesn’t really need it.
That is kind of interesting as usually most people say LA or Hollywood is the only way to get anywhere if you are serious about an acting career. In many ways it does make sense to just focus becoming established locally though. If you think about it, people will come knocking at your door from all places once you become established enough.
