"Thor: Ragnarok" star Tadanobu Asano, 43, won the Best Actor award at the 11th Asian Film Awards. He won the award for his performance in the Japanese film "Harmonium," which was written and directed by Koji Fukada.
The 11th Asian Film Awards was held on March 21, Tuesday, at the Cultural Centre in Hong Kong. Asano won Best Actor over "Godspeed" actor Michael Hui, "Train to Busan" actor Gong Yoo, "Mr. No Problem" actor Fan Wei and "Trivisa" actor Richie Jen.
Asano's female counterpart was "X-Men: Days of Future Past" star Fan Bingbing, 35. For her performance in "I am not Madame Bovary," Fan won Best Actress over "The Last Princess" actress Son Ye Jin, "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle" actress Haru Kuroki, "Happiness" actress Kara Hui and "The Woman Who Left" actress Charo Santos-Concio.
"Harmonium" premiered at Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2016. It had its United States premiere on Sept. 14, 2016 at Charlotte Film Festival.
In 2016, Asano also starred in "The Wasted Times" and "Silence." His "The Wasted Times" co-stars were You Ge and Zhang Ziyi and his "Silence" co-stars were Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson, who is one of the actors trying out to be Stephen Hawking's new voice, Vulture has learned.
Asano will be seen again on the big screen in "Thor: Ragnarok," which will be released on Nov. 3. Directed by Taika Waititi, the action adventure fantasy film also stars Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Tessa Thompson and Cate Blanchett.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Blanchett talked about playing Hela, the first female villain of the "Thor" film franchise. She said there is so much untapped potential villainy in women.
"It's really exciting," Blanchett told the publication. "I think finally it's beginning to be acknowledged that women and men want to see a diverse array of characters, and that's race, gender across the sexual spectrum."
Meanwhile, watch a video featuring Asano here: