The "Los Angeles Times" proclaimed Chow Yun-Fat "the coolest actor in the world". In the mid '90s, Chow moved to Hollywood in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to duplicate his success in Asia. His first two films, "The Replacement Killers" (1998) and "The Corruptor" (1999), were box office failures. In his next film "Anna and the King" (1999), Chow teamed up with Jodie Foster, but the film suffered at the box office. Chow accepted the role of Li Mu-Bai in the (2000) film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." It became a winner at both the international box office and the Oscars. In 2003, Chow came back to Hollywood and starred in "Bulletproof Monk". In 2006, he teamed up with Gong Li in the film "Curse of the Golden Flower," directed by Zhang Yimou.