The Reluctant Multi - Hyphenate
August Man SG|May 2017

Daniel Wu on Asian Men in Hollywood and Why He Never Wants to Be President 
 

Farhan Shah
The Reluctant Multi - Hyphenate

It’s five minutes to eight in the morning and I’m sitting in the conference room at the office, waiting for the phone to ring. Just the night before, I had binged on dozens of YouTube clips until my eye bags had their own eye bags. But it was all for work, of course. I was getting up to speed on Daniel Wu’s latest project, a martial arts television series called Into the Badlands. It’s visceral, bloody and very much in your face, so I don’t imagine it’s going to be aired in Singapore (currently on AXN) without first getting its guts and heart ripped out by our country’s rather zealous censorship board, but it makes for interesting viewing.

The phone rings exactly at 8am. Surprising punctuality from a star, I mused while picking it up. Daniel Wu is on the other end of the line. He’s back home in Oakland, residence of the Golden State Warriors basketball team of which Wu is a massive fan. We exchange pleasantries. He seems fresh, even happy to be talking to me. I look at my list of questions and scratch out the one about Steph Curry and gang failing spectacularly at the 2016 NBA Finals. I couldn’t bear to do it to Wu.

“Why are you back home?” I ask instead.

“Oh, just in the middle of doing all the press interviews for Into the Badlands. I’m heading off in about a week to finish the filming of Tomb Raider. We have about a month more of filming to go for that.”

Wu is experiencing an acting Renaissance of sorts in Hollywood. Besides Tomb Raider, which is expected to be out in 2018, Wu also has a small but critical role in Geostorm, playing a scientist who discovers the reason why the satellites are destroying Earth. “That film is interesting because I’m playing a character that is totally different from anything that most people know me for. I am a nerdy guy, not the one kicking ass,” Wu laughs.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2017 من August Man SG.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2017 من August Man SG.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من AUGUST MAN SG مشاهدة الكل
How Does A Hotel Brand Become The Best In The World?
August Man SG

How Does A Hotel Brand Become The Best In The World?

Cristiano Rinaldi, president of Capella Hotel Group, shares its recipe for success.

time-read
3 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
The Future Will Be Pixelated, Probably
August Man SG

The Future Will Be Pixelated, Probably

What are the implications on one's lived experience as online life is rife with meaning and possibilities?

time-read
3 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
PARADISE FOUD
August Man SG

PARADISE FOUD

It's time to give tuning out its due. We all need a break from the group chat(s).

time-read
2 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
Sunday Island Mornings
August Man SG

Sunday Island Mornings

An island cluster so beautiful that Harry Winston made a watch in its honour.

time-read
1 min  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
A Clear Vision Of The Future
August Man SG

A Clear Vision Of The Future

With the proliferation of its Myopia Centres, local eyecare brand W Optics is keeping Singaporeans clear-sighted for the future.

time-read
2 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
MAKING INVESTING MORE DELICIOUS
August Man SG

MAKING INVESTING MORE DELICIOUS

FINANCE INDUSTRY VETERAN WALTER DE OUDE IS COMBINING HIS ERUDITION AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE STAR POWER OF HENRY GOLDING TO BRING US AN INVESTMENT PLATFORM THAT'S MUCH SWEETER THAN MOST.

time-read
4 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
THE MAN OF MANY TASTES
August Man SG

THE MAN OF MANY TASTES

On the opening day of his longgestating contemporary Italian restaurant Le Pristine in Singapore, the Esteemed chef Sergio Herman gives us a poignant account of why his philosophy of gastronomy is fundamentally inclusive.

time-read
4 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
BAPTISM BY FIRE
August Man SG

BAPTISM BY FIRE

Dave Pynt, Chef-Owner of the Burnt Ends Hospitality Group, reflects on the universally resounding success of the eponymous restaurant as well as the recently released book of the same name.

time-read
4 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
VROOM VROOM
August Man SG

VROOM VROOM

One of the most memorable moments of the recently concluded Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2024 was when Jack Daniel's and McLaren linked arms.

time-read
2 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)
FORGED IN RED
August Man SG

FORGED IN RED

The Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Cortina Limited Edition brings H. Moser & Cie and Cortina Watch together in a bold, exclusive creation for the ages.

time-read
3 mins  |
Issue 207 (November 2024)