War and Sickness (taken from the Official Daniel Wu Fan Newsletter)

Hello everyone,

I just came back to Hong Kong from Thailand where I was working on the Jackie Chan movie "Around the World in 80 days". This was a project of many firsts for me. It was my first Hollywood movie and it was also my first time working together with Jackie Chan. In this movie I play a bad guy named Bak Mei and I fight with Jackie. I was really honored and excited to have the opportunityt o work with Jackie because he has been one of my idols since I was a little kid. His movies inspired me to train hard while learning kung fu. Jackie Chan is a very good person and treats everyone around him so well. Now I know why have respected him for so many years.

Next week I will be going to Taiwan to shoot the Biore commercial. This will be fourth time I have worked with Biore and I'm happy that they have continued to use me to represent their product. We have developed such a good relationship over the years that it only seems natural. After I finished the commercial I will go to Shanghai to work on "Love Undercover 2". I'm sure a lot of you have been waiting for this project to come out and hopefully we can make this one even better!

Enough about me let's talk about what's going on out in the world.

First I would like to talk about the war. I think that it is a very terrible thing that in this new millennium we are still waging wars such as this. Human beings have evolved and advanced greatly over the years but yet killing is still part of our society, this makes no sense to me. It makes me sad to see and hear about all the destruction that is going on now in Iraq my heart goes out to all the soldiers, American, English, Iraqi and whoever else, who are fighting in this war. I hope you will all pray with me that the war will be over soon so that more lives will not be wasted.

Another big issue here is the SARS virus. This virus is spreading quickly around Asia and throughout the world. I see more and more people taking precautions against this disease. Today I saw more than half the people on the streets were wearing protective masks. I have just started wearing one myself. Please be careful in the coming days to stay healthy and strong. And if you feel sick in any way, do not hesitate to go see a doctor immediately. You can never be too careful about your health!

OK, I must go now. Hopefully by the next time I write to you allthese terrible things will be over. I am praying that it will all end soon and I hope that you all will join me. Again thank you guys so much for your support through e-mails, letters, gifts etc., it means so much to me to hear your words of encouragement!

Take care!

Daniel Wu