June Letter from Daniel Wu (taken from the Official Daniel Wu Newsletter)

Hello Everybody! It's me, Daniel! Welcome to all you new people on the list. I seem to be getting more and more people on here everyday! Yes, this is actually me, Daniel Wu; writing to all of you and it is only me reading all of your mails. I am managing all the e-mails and newsletters by myself; it's a difficult job! But in my effort to keep in contact with all of you I will keep working hard on this!

First things first. I would like to talk about some technical issues:

1. I'm getting so much mail everyday, so it is very, very important that you DO NOT send me any forwarded mail. This means jokes, chain letters or any documents over 100k. I know you may think this kind of stuff is important but it blocks up the e-mail account and prevents other people from writing in. So to be fair to everybody, PLEASE only original messages! I will automatically delete and block sender on anything else.

2. Please spread the word to anyone who wants to subscribe to this newsletter to please do so. I can no longer spend the time to add everyone to the newsletter list myself. So if you want to receive these newsletters please sign up.

With your help I can continue managing the e-mails smoothly and efficiently. Thanks a lot!

OK...After I finished working on The Peeping, I've been on a short break from making to work on some personal projects, which I will tell you more about when the time is right. I was alos in Taiwan doing the new Biore for Men commercial. I had a fun time this year. Those of you in Taiwan should be able to see it soon! I have also been learning how to do DV movie editing on my new computer. It's a very difficult and time consuming process but it is also very fun to edit your own movies at home! Also as some of you may have seen in the newspaper I have doing some artwork. I have always loved art since I was a small boy so I have decided to spend some time doing this. I've been painting and doing some photography. I will post some of my photos on this newsletter hopefully sometime soon. Please give me your comments! I have received many letters about the movie The Peeping. Many of you are upset that I would do this movie and have been worrying about my image. One thing I must make clear, The Peeping IS NOT a "porn" or Category III movie. It is a IIB, which means it is for mature audiences, it is not meant for everybody to watch. Unfortunately the movie distribution company decided to focus on the "sexy" part of the movie rather than the story to promote it. If you were to watch the movie, you would find that the love scenes in the movie amount to maybe three minutes total. Three minutes out of ninety minutes is hardly what I would call "porn". I chose to work on this project because I found the story and the character interesting to me. I remind everyone that I am an ACTOR, I am not a singer or popstar. So I'm not as concerned with my image as a person as I am with my ability to do my job as an actor. In fact it is my duty to convince the audience that the person on screen is anything BUT the real Daniel Wu. That is part of what acting is about for me. For those of you who have been following my movies from the beginning, you know that I have always done "controversial" and non-standard roles. That is my choice as an actor and I will continue my career in this manner. I enjoy exploring different roles because it gives me deeper insight on not only my acting but the general human condition as well.

This doesn't guarantee that every movie I do will be great or good. That is up to the director. It also doesn't mean that you must watch every movie I do, that is up to you. You have the freedom to choose just like me. I apologize if people feel upset about my decision but it is important to me that you all understand my point of view.

Next I would like to answer some questions:

Many of you have been wondering how to get my first movie Bishonen on VCD or DVD. Luckily Yonfan, the director, has a website where you can get Bishonen and Peony Pavilions. The address is: www.yonfan.com. Check it out!

Also I would like to clear up my Bio a little bit:

I was born in San Francisco, Ca- USA. My Mother and Father are both from Shanghai. That makes me 100% Shanghainese. I am not mixed at all, even though I may look it. Maybe I ate too many hamburgers when I was in the States-hehehe!

I currently live in Hong Kong and am usually here most of the year. I try to go home and visit my Mother and Father when I get time off.

For university, I went to the University of Oregon and received a B-Arch in Architecture and a minor in Art History graduating in 1997. It was also here where I started the University of Oregon Wushu Team, which is a program that is still running strong today! Go Ducks!

My current mailing address is:

6/F Prosperous Centre

1 Knutsford Terrace,

T.S.T. Kowloon

Hong Kong

If you would like to receive an autographed photo of me, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address!

OK That's it for now! Remember...Don't buy pirate VCDs or DVDs!

Take care!

Love,

Daniel Wu