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They had a hard time finding a fully-Asian leading man. They approached drama schools all over the West and were told such a guy wasn't in their radars. Chu learned of Golding through their accountant in KL. I think he suits the role because he does look manly, handsome and charismatic. If I had to pick another good-looking Asian male lead, I'd go with Daniel Henney but maybe he's too old for the part?[/quote]

Ridiculous.  Then they didn't try hard enough.

There are many good Asian actors, some of whom are already known in the US.

John Cho, of Star Trek and Harold and Kumar fame is a fantastic choice.  He recently made his leading man debut in the movie Searching.
Lee Byung-hun has been in several major movies including two GI Joe movies.  Although his exposure to the US is through action movies, his origins in Korean TV are in non-action drama.
Harry Shum, Jr, of Glee fame is well known to US audiences.
Telly Leung, also of Glee fame, but also well known both on and off Broadway is fully Asian
James Kyson of Heroes fame.
Rick Yune has been in several big box office films including the Fast and Furious franchise and the James Bond franchise.

This is just a short list.  There are many, many qualified fully Asian men who are qualified leading men, but Hollywood just isn't ready to cast a fully Asian man as a leading man unless it's an action adventure film where he can fit so many whitewashed Hollywood stereotypes.

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I don't know what you think is wrong with Henry Golding. He fits the role. It's about the role and many of the actors you mentioned wouldn't have carried the role the same way.[/quote]

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