Hi Latinojazz,
Yes, I totally agree with you, and, yes, he should try to create a new kind of unique acting role for himself, but I also wonder if his hands are somewhat tied in that respect, or tied in the sense as to available roles that are actually open to him in the film world.
There again if he made his own movies, in which he starred in himself, that would not pose so much of a problem, but having said that a film, as we already know, costs tons of money to make, where in turn it is most important to get the genre of that film correct in order for it to not only break even in terms of production costs etc, but also in order to make at least some kind of worth while profit in the long run in terms of subsequent film sales.
Although, having said that he also seems to diversify into other areas of the arts, and not just films, such as his having and playing in his own jazz band, 'Thunderbox', not to mention that band's musical tours, which stretch far and wide, and not just within the U.S.A.
Musical tours, depending on the actual number of stops for individual musical performances, can be both emotionally and physically draining in themselves for any musical artist, which gets worse as they become older in terms of their age, as there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes, which many people are not aware of.
Therefore, he in turn is having to do quite a balancing act between his acting and his music, and at the end of the day he is only one man, whether actor, or musician, in that respect, so maybe he does not have the time to channel his energies into creating new roles for himself even if he wanted to achieve that objective. Another, reason why he may instead just accept those acting roles that have been offered to him, and where in the case of those said roles he only accepts those that are of interest to him, even though some of those said roles do not do full justice to both his acting and martial art skills.
I do not know what is up with both the film world and/or the music world in terms of apparent repetition of the same theme, where in turn there are so many remakes using only a slightly different format, or whatever. Easy way to make money, but cannot be said to be very inventive/imaginative, and often in turn results in being quite boring after a while!
