Pham Duc Nghiem, Monk on Fire, Asians in Hollywood

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Stumbled across this great article from about a week ago down at VietNamNet on producer Pham Duc Nghiem (The Rebel) and his thoughts on the Vietnamese movie industry, Dustin Nguyen's new project Monk on Fire, as well as being Asian in Hollywood:

Twenty years ago, Jackie Chan produced many films in Hong Kong and brought them to the US, but failed. He had to return to Hong Kong and only after again becoming famous at home did he return to the US. I want to do the same. Here in Vietnam there is more opportunity for me than in the US.

Read the full article here.