Asianized and Hollywoodized

The idea of Hollywood becoming Asianized is quite importance in the world of globalisation in 

which companies and industries that had been primarily nationalise such as Hollywood being 

produced in America for Americans, whereas now Hollywood will use actors, directors and 

martial arts choreographers. It is not just the idea of Hollywood hiring people from other 

regions just because of the talent; it’s also the potential audience of the regions that they want, 

for example using a actors such as Chinese’s Jet Li. Not only would Hollywood aim at the 

western world with actors such as Jet Li but also the potentially massive market of China, 

whose population is around one billion, 1/7^th of the world population.

But it not just a one way street Asian films are becoming more Hollywoodized, areas of Asia 

that once had been dominated by Hollywood now have local films that can rival Hollywood 

movies. Hong Kong boast 50% of box office were that of local films in 2001. Movies have 

becoming more transnational as globalisation continues to grow and shape many different 

industries including the film industries for example movies such as Kill Bill which is set in Japan 

and America but is filmed in china give a brief view into the working of globalisation. Another 

example is Pacific Rim, filmed in Canada, directed by a Mexican, with Japanese’s, British and 

American actors shows the try potential of a Asianized Hollywood and globalisation.    

Klein, Christina 2004, ‘Martial arts and globalisation of US and Asian film industries’, Comparative America Studies, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 360-384