5 things you didn’t know about Daniel Wu
Successful actor, producer and martial artist Daniel Wu Yin-cho shows no signs of slowing down. On his 45th birthday, check out five things you need to know about Hong Kong’s Hollywood heartthrob
Daniel Wu is more than just an actor. A veteran in the Hong Kong movie industry who got his big break with a lead role alongside Shu Qi and Stephen Fung in Bishonen, a renowned 1998 gay romance film, Wu has been a trailblazer ever since. Here are five things you might not have known about the man who turns 45 today.
1. He is in awe of his Tomb Raider co-star Alicia Vikander
In 2018 Daniel Wu got ahead in Hollywood starring alongside Alicia Vikander, the Swedish-born Oscar-winning actress, in the action-adventure movie Tomb Raider, directed by Roar Uthaug. Vikander plays the iconic Lara Croft – a young and courageous daughter searching for her missing father, previously played by Angelina Jolie – while Wu plays sailor Lu Ren, Croft’s friend.
Wu said he enjoyed being on set with Vikander, filming the 2018 movie, and described her as “a beast”.
“She’s a powerhouse. She is really great,” he says. “She just put her head down and was like turning on beast mode and it really kind of powered it out. I’ve never really done big commercial action film before, but she really got into it.”
2. He is not just an actor
The 45-year-old star was not only the lead actor but also executive producer of the AMC martial arts show Into the Badlands. The production wrapped this year after three successful seasons, with the finale airing on May 6, 2019.
3. He founded a boy band