[2024.04.25] WU KANG-JEN STUDIES SENIOR BEHAVIOR AT THE PARK

With his outstanding acting, Wu Kang-Jen has becoming a rising star in the film industry
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Last year's Golden Horse Awards Best Actor, Taiwan's Wu Kang-Jen earlier with the film FLY ME TO THE MOON (DAN YUEN YUN CHEUNG GAU) at the Hong Kong Film Critic Society Awards also won Best Actor. Although nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor with the same role, he did not win. However in the film he played the role from age 40 something to 60 something with his outstanding acting, which has already left an impression in the audience's hearts.

Wu Kang-Jen earlier with FLY ME TO THE MOON won the Best Actor at the "30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards". He came to Hong Kong to accept the award in person and promoted the new film with director Sasha Chuk Chi Ngan and producer Stanley Kwan Kam Peng. Wu Kang-Jen won his first Golden Horse Award for Best Actor last year with ABANG ADIK, and this year he was nominated for the "Hong Kong Film Awards" for Best Supporting Actor with FLY. However, he did not think it was a downgrade. He laughed and pointed out that the role of the character was not important in the first place. Mainly the focus was on the roles of his two daughters. He was very happy to participate in the Hong Kong Film Awards because he used to watch it on TV.

Wu Kang-Jen in the film played Papa, who emigrated to Hong Kong from Hunan with his wife and daughters; but his drug addiction tore his family away. He had to play the role from age 40 to 60. At first, he was also worried that he would not able to handle that. "The script is very well written. I haven't seen this kind of drama in a very long time. The story is divided into 3 stages, and each stage has different emotions. My native family is also single parent, so I can better understand the emotions in the story; but this is also my first time playing the role from 40 something to 60 something. I didn't know what to do at first. Everyday I was thinking about how to be a good father. Fortunately, with the help of the director and producer, I kept walking outside during breaks in filming to find my direction."

Chuk Chi Ngan smiled and pointed out that Wu Kang-Jen was very attentive. He would sit in the park and watch the elderly play chess and chat, and observe their demeanor and walking posture. By the end it was difficult for everyone to think that he was a big star. As the film's producer Kwan Kam Peng also revealed, when he first saw Chuk Chi Ngan's script for the first time he already thought it was very outstanding. Every actor in the film also performed very well.