Wu Tianmin is one of the representatives of Asian/Chinese americans in the American drama industry in recent years, and the popular American drama "Fresh Off the Boat" is starring her. You know, there are only a few American scripts starring Asians, including Wu Yanzu's "Wasteland", which is well-made, but has poor results.
But Wu Tianmin has successfully won a place in the American drama industry and created history with years of hard work in Hollywood!
"First Arrived" is a sitcom that premiered on February 4, 2015 at ABC in the United States, starring Randall Park, Wu Tianmin, Yang Shengde, Wei Zhilin, Chen Qiye and so on.
This is the first time that Wu Tianmin has starred in a TV series, and the drama is also the first drama series launched by public stations in more than two decades to focus on Asian-American life.
The drama is based on the memoir "First Arrival: Memoirs" by Chinese-American chef Eddie Huang, which mainly depicts the story of a family from Taiwan from Washington, D.C., Chinatown, to settle in Orlando, Florida, in the 1990s.
The show received three nominations, but all of them were received by Wu Tianmin. These include the 5th Critics' Choice TELEVISION Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Category, the Television Critics Guild Awards for Individual Performance in the Comedy Category, and the Entertainment Weekly Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Category. It can be seen that Wu Tianmin's acting skills have received extreme affirmation from everyone.
Wu Tianmin, whose English name is Constance Wu, was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 22, 1982. Performing in the local community since childhood. At the age of 16, she moved to New York and attended the prestigious Lee Strasberg School of Drama, where she studied classical theater before moving on to film. After moving to Los Angeles in 2010, her long-term acting experience allowed her to successfully get a role in the movie "Sound of My Voice".
As a typical Asian American, Wu Tianmin once called for in an interview: Don't confuse Asian Americans with Asians!
Asians are very different from Asian-Americans, and it wasn't until after playing the heroine in "The First Arrival" that Wu Tianmin felt "comforted by satisfaction" as an Asian-American actor.
Now, more and more people are talking about diversity and asking Hollywood to customize more roles for Asian-American actors. However, many people in the media industry ignore this, and many times they confuse the two, and when people talk about Topics related to Asians, they will use examples such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Mulan to illustrate this concept.
Most of the time, it is assumed that Asian culture represents some sort of mysterious world, rather than modern people getting busy with modern work and then using modern tools to solve modern puzzles. Wu Tianmin's screen career may be able to change this concept.
Wu Tianmin said: "We are not just talking about Taoism and kung fu, some people are just trying to recover from the pain of breaking up with their boyfriends, and they will also track stars on Facebook."
Recently, starring Wu Tianmin and the first Hollywood major company movie to tell an Asian story in many years, "Picking Gold" is also about to be released in North America.
Warner Bros. 'Stolen Gold' is the first Hollywood studio film in 25 years to focus on Asian-Americans.
Synopsis:
Yang Nick, played by Henry Golding, and Rachel, played by Wu Tianmin, are an Asian couple living in the United States, and Rachel does not know much about Yang Nick's family background, and even thinks that she is "a little poor".
One day she followed her boyfriend Jannik back to his hometown of Singapore, only to discover that his family was a local tycoon. He was told that Jannik was known as "Prince William of Asia". Jannick corrected that he was more like "Prince Harry of Asia" because prince Harry, who was once single, was the famous Diamond King.
But Yang Nick has a tricky mother, played by Yang Ziqiong. She didn't think Rachel was worthy of her son. But Rachel is also not a fuel-saving lamp, and launched a "mother-in-law war" with Yang Ziqiong. "If your son chooses me, he will lose his family; If he chooses family, he will hate you for the rest of his life. In the trailer, Rachel said to her mother-in-law.
"Picking Gold" Is a film from Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel of the same name, directed by Zhu Haowei ("Dance Out of My Life 3D", "Amazing Monster 2", "Special Forces: Total Strike Back"), and the cast also includes Asian stars such as British-Japanese mixed beauty Mizuno Sonoya ("Annihilation", "Philharmonic City"), Camma Chen ("Real Humans", "Sherlock") and other Asian stars.
Before "Picking Gold", Wu Tianmin had not even played any role in Hollywood company movies, let alone starring.
"Picking Gold" changed that, just like "The First Arrival". "Picking Gold" is not only about Asian-American stories, it also has a talented, energetic, and unique all-Asian actor Cast.
Director Zhu Haowei said: "This is not just a movie, this is a movement. ”
Wu Tianmin recently posted a letter on Twitter, using her experience from being ignored to "making history" and the current situation of rare Asian American stories in Hollywood, emotionally appealing to Asian Americans to support the film, "in the future we can tell more of our own stories."
With the success of "The First Arrival", people began to talk about the lack of Asian-American stories in the film and television industry, why did they wait 20 years? Why hasn't anyone talked about this "lack" before?
Now, "New Arrival" is entering its 5th season, and it is the first Asian-American starring public station series to reach syndication, which is really historic!
Wu Tianmin said: "I hope you contribute to our sport. The last 5 years of my life have been full of magic, but the best gift is not the characters, but you — the Asian American women and men I've heard voices on this journey, you have taught me a lot, you have the broadest and kindest hearts. ”
"I know 'Gone with the Wind' doesn't represent every Asian-American, so for people who still feel like they're not being watched, I hope you'll soon find a story that represents you, and I'm on your side." We're not all the same people, but we all have our own stories. ”
The story of immigrants is a story of dreams, love, sacrifice, courage and dignity. They're the things that really make America great.
Coincidentally, Amazon has booked an entire season of an untitled series from Kevin Kwan, author of the original novel "Crazy Rich Asians," which features one of Hong Kong's most influential and powerful families and its business empire. Focus on the encounter between things, the plot has not yet been revealed. Will Graham, executive producer of Mozart in the Jungle, will also supervise the show.
Wu Tianmin made history, and Asian Americans made history. They are not stereotypes in the eyes of Americans and only make cameos when the characters need them. They have distinct characteristics and full images, which are worth interpreting and expressing, and worth letting the world understand and discover.
Finally, I recommend you to watch Wu Tianmin's upcoming new movie, her acting skills will not disappoint you, and all the Asian casts will not disappoint you!