International action star and so-called heartthrob Chow Yun-Fat, who has kicked as much American ass on the big screen as he does as the pirate Lord Captain Sao Feng in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” says he’d like to land a leading role in a Hollywood drama or romance. Boo hoo, I know, but this particularly un-crouched tiger is finding a difficult go of it.

Fat, 51, who is bigger in Asia than Gamera, has complained about the same sort of professional frustrations faced even by Godzilla in the American movie industry, though he only speaks barely more than the three hundred foot monster star.

Chow Yun-Fat, whose name is still comical to the American ear, says, “Honestly, I prefer (to do) more dramas. In American society … Asian actors are not accepted as leading men. Maybe we have to wait for a few more years.”

The “Anna and the King” star has made more than a name for himself in American action films, but at his age, the likelihood of any role, even a dramatic one, is exceptionally uncommon and the odds are only growing worse by the day. Still, I’m not gay or anything, and barely in to Asians, and even I can admit that the “Replacement Killers” star alongside Mira Sorvino is easily half-about as covetable and hot as her, assuming he isn’t required to talk too much.

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