Daniel Wu's face once became his shackles. Under the handsome appearance, he has been breaking through himself, trying to get rid of all kinds of pressures brought by this pair of skins.
Over the years, he has seen desire in many people's eyes and kept making choices. "I hate this look."
When Daniel Wu was young, the waves in his eyes were the enemies of a serious face. Today, at the age of 46, he is more like an undercurrent on a calm lake, peaceful but full of tension.
Some time ago, Daniel Wu's recent photo was hot searched.
In the photo, his hairline moves backward, his skin is slack, and his facial lines are no longer as clear as before.
Everyone lamented that the male god could not resist the traces of time, and some netizens even joked that Daniel Wu hit his face with "Su Daqiang". At that time, there was a cry.
Many people still send their blessings, but it is inevitable that they have mixed feelings. Beautiful teenagers always grow up, get old and become different from what we remember.
Daniel Wu's face brought him many opportunities, but he wanted to cross this skin.
Actors, directors, designers ... it seems that they are not his exclusive labels. All these identities, put on Daniel Wu, have a wonderful fusion.
What bothers him for a long time is that most Asian directors ask him to film, mostly because of his appearance.
Daniel Wu drew a circle on his face with his right hand.
"Yes, this face."
In China, "Daniel Wu" has long been more than a name, but has become a symbol, a fixed adjective for boys to be handsome.
Many boys like to call themselves "XX Daniel Wu". Such names can be seen everywhere on major websites.
For himself, this has become an invisible shackle.
Under the handsome appearance, Daniel Wu always wanted to break through himself and get rid of all the weights brought by this face.
For a long time, he denied himself and felt that he was not so successful.
Many people remember Daniel Wu because of a classic memory.
From/kloc-a Hong Kong film "Bisognin" 0/7 years ago.
Daniel Wu, a fledgling film and television actor, stood in an alley in Hong Kong wearing a police uniform.
It's just a cool look back, but the handsome face has taken root in the hearts of many fans and started to be familiar to the audience.
Many people think that he is from Hongkong, but Daniel Wu is a very typical ABC.
He was born in California and his parents are from Shanghai. My father is a construction engineer and my mother is a university professor. They hope that their son can become a scholar in the future through his own efforts.
Daniel Wu failed his parents. His grades have always been the best in his class, and he got an A+ almost every time.
At the age of seven, Daniel Wu's grandfather took him to the cinema in Chinatown to see the film Shaolin Temple.
He felt the power of China Wushu and thought, "I must learn Wushu."
The film helped him find a sense of identity. 1 1 years old, Daniel Wu finally learned from his teacher. Besides practicing hard every day, he also actively reads books about martial arts.
He said, "I don't like to play with things that others have played. I like to find my own way. "
Because he likes creativity and art, Daniel Wu chose architecture as his major after considering his parents' suggestions.
In college, he is still a top student praised by everyone.
1997, 23-year-old Daniel Wu just graduated from the Department of Architecture of the University of Oregon. He will come to Asia for a graduation trip.
Little did he know at that time that his fate would change dramatically because of this trip.
During his stay in Hong Kong, his outstanding appearance attracted the director Yang Fan, and then he filmed his first film and television work, Bi Shaoning, and officially embarked on the road of performing arts.
This is a movie about homosexuality. Before filming, Daniel Wu communicated with his parents about the particularity of this role. Mom supported it, but dad didn't respond.
With a heroic face and unique temperament, Daniel Wu and Sam are highly compatible.
In this film, he and Feng Delun played a complicated same-sex relationship.
"Are you gay?"
"If you are, I am."
Bisognin is a star-studded movie, with Zhang Aijia as producer, Brigitte Lin as narrator and James ·J·s· Wang as guest. As Daniel Wu's first film, it made him famous.
When I first made a movie, Daniel Wu hesitated. He has never made a movie, and he can't speak Cantonese. He is a little agoraphobic.
Later, I slowly tried to find out that the fun of being an actor is to experience other people's lives and try many different roles.
"Acting can broaden my horizons and see the world from a broader perspective."
After Pretty Boy, Daniel Wu received olive branches from many directors.
In June 5438+10, he starred in the literary film city of glass, and was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award in the Hong Kong Film Awards 18.
Two years later, he worked as a police undercover in Purple Rain Storm.
In the same year, he co-starred in the romantic comedy Glass Bottle with Jackie Chan, Shu Qi and Tony Leung Chiu Wai.
People in Daniel Wu are becoming more and more interested in his works.
Daniel Wu is a professional architect. He became famous as soon as he made his debut. As an actor, he is undoubtedly lucky.
Regarding the identity of an actor, he has his own principles and is extremely frank. He doesn't shy away from those days that others think are not "glorious".
Before 2004, Daniel Wu made some plays that he didn't like very much, including three-level films.
"The scene is very intense. I only wore a little underwear, and then I saw myself, wondering why I had come this far ... "
Daniel Wu couldn't accept it, and negotiated with the brokerage company, saying that he would choose a good drama next and never shoot this kind of film again.
"I'd rather not shoot, also don't shoot that kind of junk movie. I studied architecture before, and I am not afraid to leave this circle. "
Daniel Wu has created different "handsome characters" one after another, but it is the dark and non-mainstream characters that really make him find the fun of performing.
For a long time, he was not confident:
"A lot of people like me, just like my appearance. They can't see my heart and blood and think I'm not that successful. I will work harder in the next competition to let everyone see other things on me. "
2004 was a very important year for Daniel Wu, because he met the director Dong Chengyi.
As soon as the script of Night in Mong Kok came out, Dong Chengyi thought of Daniel Wu. At that time, many people objected, just because Daniel Wu was too handsome to be a vase man and was not suitable for being a rustic and resigned cold killer.
But my director still sticks to his own ideas and pushes them around in the crowd.
Night in Mong Kok is Daniel Wu's transformational work.
In this film, he is no longer a single handsome guy, but as a man who makes a living, he refuses all whitewashing and beautification. Facing the night, depicting naked human nature and society.
Before the film was released, many people questioned whether Daniel Wu, who lost the "handsome boy", could still perform well.
After the film was released, everyone saw a different Daniel Wu. The contradiction between hot-blooded justice and black hypocrisy is vividly interpreted by Frye.
Daniel Wu's pain seems to hurt everyone.
Actor is a fragile industry, which he deeply agrees with and never slackens.
For Daniel Wu, who became famous young, "red" is more than a need. Compared with the illusory fame, acting and hard work are what he pursues.
Later, every role he played was a brand-new breakthrough, like a martial arts overlord, and his unique skills were in his pocket.
From a beautiful teenager standing in the street in police uniform to a mature man with firm eyes now.
For 20 years, Daniel Wu has been amazed at the time, but he said that he was never a perfect person, and he didn't like being labeled as perfect.
"I looked at myself and knew that those people were only interested in my appearance. I see you look at me with a lot of longing and expectations. I hate this look. "
The public only wants to see a face and body full of hormones, but Daniel Wu insists on playing a nobody living on the edge of society. Non-mainstream people attract him to approach himself and find more possibilities for himself.
Daniel Wu constantly honed his acting skills on the road of no hype. Apart from his status as an actor, the public rarely see reports about his personal life in the media.
Feng Delun, a good friend, said of Daniel Wu: "He is a very reliable person and trustworthy. He has known each other for more than 20 years and has always been like this. "
Daniel Wu's appearance always gives people the misunderstanding of "playboy". In life, he is honest and single-minded about love.
Director Lu Chuan once commented on him like this:
"After the filming, we organized several parties and sang Daniel Wu's" Drinks Without Drinks ",so we consciously kept our distance from women, which was respectable."
20 10 on April 6th, 36, Daniel Wu and his girlfriend Lisa got married in South Africa.
There are no gorgeous scenes, no groups of luxury cars, only two faces filled with happy smiles.
Daniel Wu said:
"No matter how grand and luxurious the wedding is, it doesn't make any sense to us. I just want to give her a special wedding so that we can remember each other. "
The reason for choosing to hold the wedding in South Africa is that Lisa has a small house of her own in a small village here. After they fall in love, they often go to this isolated place.
This house, like a paradise home, witnessed their love.
After marriage, Daniel Wu became more and more restrained. He said that he had become a household name: "After I married Lisa, there was no me, only us."
The cold male god in the eyes of outsiders is a naughty big boy when he is with his wife, taking funny photos and completely letting himself go.
Daniel Wu has also become a "home cook", keen to cook for Lisa:
"Before we got married, she helped me cook for no more than 10 times, because she really couldn't. But I will. I am lucky to cook for her. "
This strong sense of family responsibility comes not only from marriage, but also from the birth of a daughter.
On March 20 13, Daniel Wu exposed the newborn's little hand on the Weibo and announced the birth of her daughter.
Being promoted to father, he felt that spending time with his family was the most important thing in his life. He doesn't want to sacrifice the precious process of accompanying his children to grow up because of acting.
Children grow up day by day, and Daniel Wu hopes that her daughter will not be too beautiful and ordinary, and her life will not be so turbulent.
Say that finish, he smiled like a child.
Daughter will make him nervous and soften his heart. This must be the most attractive moment for a middle-aged man.
When a person reaches a certain stage in his life, he must learn to say hello and goodbye. Two years after Daniel Wu welcomed her daughter, she felt the unbearable weight of life.
In 20 15, Daniel Wu's mother died of cancer.
During his mother's illness, he suspended all his work until he stayed with her for the last time.
"That process was the most difficult period of my life. Stay with my mother and watch her from a healthy person until she leaves ... "
It's only two months since my mother died of serious illness, and this kind of parting is unpredictable.
A healthy person, her body is slowly shrinking. "The last thing she looked like was not the mother I knew."
That year, he was 4 1 year-old, just past the age of no doubt.
Daniel Wu's heart is fearful, and this is the first time in his life that he feels lost.
The sudden death of his mother made Daniel Wu immersed in a sad mood for a long time, and it was difficult to extricate himself. Until he met the screenplay "Fuck off, tumor jun".
He decided to star in this film, which also describes cancer patients and seeks the meaning of life.
"You are not me, so you won't understand what you mean to me" is a line of Dr. Liang played in the movie, which properly describes his inner feelings.
Now Daniel Wu, tempered by years, is relaxed but contains tension, and he can clearly feel that he has a kind of strength of combining rigidity with softness.
In 2003, Daniel Wu appeared in Oscar Wilde's play The Happy Prince. There is a line, he was very impressed:
"We all live in the gutter, but there are still people looking up at the stars."
He firmly believes that people are weak and passive in fate, but people need to have ideals and their own light.
Daniel Wu, 46, will no longer be bothered by his face. He has accepted everything that life has given him.
When Daniel Wu was young, the waves in his eyes were the enemies of a serious face. Today, his temperament is more like an undercurrent on a calm lake, peaceful but full of tension.
However, no matter now or in the future, when people talk about Daniel Wu, they will still think of photos taken many years ago.
He is tall and thin, standing in the alley in police uniform, as busy as a bee, with a handsome and fragile face.
That's 1997, the mean alley in Central, Hong Kong.
This is Daniel Wu, 23 years old.