Moviefone.com currently lists the stars of The Last Samurai as Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, and Tony Goldwyn. Hmmmm. Looks like Asian actors don't count, presumably because they don't have a large enough fan base...as opposed to, say, Timothy Spall, whose vast following should be out in droves this Friday. (I'm being unfair. Spall's great in everything he does. But Ken Watanabe has a shot at becoming a star; he's got terrific presence and charisma, and his English is several notches better than, say, Chow Yun-Fat's. He might even be tall.)