A Hawaii Five-0 actor is ready to sidestep action roles for something a bit more romantic… despite nearing 60.

57-year-old Daniel Dae Kim recently opened up about his thespian heart’s desire while promoting his new Netflix spy series, Butterfly. Of course, Kim has made his mark with memorable sci-fi and action roles, from roles on Lost and Hellboy to portraying police task force member Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii Five-0.

“I would love to be a romantic lead,” Kim recently told PEOPLE. “Just boy meets girl — but I am getting a bit old for that, so it may be man meets woman,” he joked.

Kim told the outlet that he wants a romantic lead role because Asian men have been misrepresented in Hollywood in paste decades.

“Traditionally in America, someone who looks like me does not get the girl,” he a

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