AUGUST 2004 (taken from the Official Daniel Wu Fan Newsletter)

Hi Everyone,

Yes...again long time no write! As you can guess I have been extremely busy working on several things. I have been in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong doing several TV commercials, which I am sure some of you have seen by now. I am currently working on the movie "Divergence" or "Saam Tsa Hau", directed by one of my favorite directors Benny Chan. Next I will be working with Pang Ho Cheung on an independent movie and then I will be working with Stephen Fung on his second movie. I am excited for this project because Yuen Woo Ping will be the action choreographer. I am sure you all know that he did the fight scenes for Matrix and Kill Bill. It will be hard work but I am looking forward to that.

In November I will be working on another movie directed by Stanly Kwan. This film will be starring Sammi Cheng, Tony Leung and Wu Bun. This will be a very challenging role for me, as I will play a young man in 1950's China. I have already been doing a lot of research and brushing up on my modern Chinese history. It is very interesting material. If any of you have time and you are not familiar with modern Chinese history I highly recommend studying how the communist government took over China and its affects on the people. I would also like to thank everyone again for watching "One Nite in Mongkok". This is probably my favorite film to date. It was such an incredible experience working on this film! If you haven't seen it yet check out the DVD. There is a special features disk with extra scenes and a making of that are worth watching.

Have any of you seen the JVC commercial I did with my friends, Terence Yin, Andrew Lin, and Conroy Chan? It was a very difficult shoot because we were on wires all day long. We also sang the song for the commercial too! That was a really fun experience going into the studio and singing for the first time. Many people now think that we should make a full CD. What do you all think?

OK. That's all for now. Thanks for all the wonderful messages you all have sent me. It's good to know that I have support from all around the world! Also please remember DO NOT send any group e-mails, jokes, attachments, forwards etc. I do not want to get any viruses. I will immediately delete these e-mails and if it is a big problem I will block them if necessary. So please be careful what you send me!!!

OK, take care everyone and be happy!

Daniel Wu