Reporter Xiao Caiwei/Comprehensive Report
Since the press conference of the movie "Fudu Youth" in Taiwan, the box office in Taiwan has soared from 72 million to nearly 95 million, and breaking 100 million is just around the corner. Malaysia and Hong Kong also performed well at the box office. Director Wang Lilin took Goh Kang-jen back to Malaysia, and joined Tan Chak Yew, Tang Jinhuang, Chow Xueting, and film music director Ryota Katayama to attend the egg knocking celebration press conference, and there were special Taiwanese fans who made a pilgrimage to "Fudu".
"Fudu Youth" celebrates, Wu Kangren's pet fans knock eggs and voluntarily offer their "head" thanks. (Photo/Provided by Moore Entertainment)
With "Fudu Youth", Goh Kang-jen, who won the Golden Horse Best Actor, went to Malaysia again to receive a ticket, and Goh Kang-jen was moved and said, "It is the first time I have a movie released in Malaysia, and this is the second time I have come to Malaysia to promote it. You can tell from the faces of the team that they are really excited. Malaysian actor Tan Chak Yew, who also starred in the lead, also continued, "I did what I promised you, bring my brother back!"
In order to devote himself to the role before filming, Wu Kangren not only spent 1 and a half months practicing Malay sign language, but also especially tanned his skin, but he did not expect a female audience to break the news in the Malaysian film scene, saying that he had been seen naked with his upper body, wearing very short pants, sunbathing on the balcony at noon, Wu Kangren replied with a smile, wearing short clothes because the director required the skin tone to be even: "Actually, (pants) are not very short!" and then shouted to the female audience: "You filmed me, at least bring 10 friends into the scene!" caused the audience to burst into laughter.
"Fudu Youth" Wu Kangren and Chen Zeyao combined to promote and celebrate. (Photo/Provided by Moore Entertainment)
There is a super fan from Taiwan in the hall of the special filmmaker venue, the whole family mobilized to support "Fudu Youth", the younger sister once held up the poster of the whole family 7 brushes and supported the box office of 100 million in Tainan, and the elder brother flew to Malaysia to participate in the filmmaker field, and went to the filming location "Fudu" twice to feel the life of the character, and the filmmaker confessed that it has now been more than 10 brushes: "I flew from Taiwan yesterday, and I will go back tomorrow, and I will go back (Taiwan) when I see you again, it's worth it!"
The main creative team of the movie "Fudu Youth" returned to Malaysia to celebrate happily. (Photo/Provided by Moore Entertainment)
In addition to asking the audience to ask questions, one of the game sessions was for the actors to ask questions about the movie, and there were even tricky details such as "how many animals appear in the movie", "how many candles are on Sister Money's birthday cake", "the name of the prison guard", etc., but some viewers were surprised that they could answer correctly, and they couldn't help but ask, "You guys have also watched too carefully, how many times have you brushed it?" The atmosphere was quite joyful.
Wu Kangren was dedicated to lying on the balcony to sunbathe and tan his dark skin, and now his complexion is quite different from that in the film. (Photo/Provided by Moore Entertainment)
The film has been a huge success in Taiwan and Malaysia, and as a Taiwanese actor, Wu Kang-jen is very moved: "The core values of "Fudu Youth" are the emotions between people, the life of the lower classes, that kind of empathy, we all have empathy, simple stories are substituted into the world, love will not change because of different nationalities, this is also an important element, spread to people in various regions. 」
"Fudu Youth" egg knocking celebration meeting, (from left) Deng Jinhuang, director Wang Lilin, Wu Kangren, Chen Zeyao, Zhou Xueting, Ryota Katayama. (Photo/Provided by Moore Entertainment)
He also revealed, "I think there is still a long way to go in the movie, and I hope to let everyone remember that there is such a movie in 2023. Director Wang Lilin said that the film will be released in Singapore on the 11th, and it will also be released in European theaters, and "Fudu Youth" is now in theaters.