Actor Constance Wu has returned to the big screen with his first role in three years.
In “The Friend”, Wu Stars with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, a good-good Dramdie about a writer, adopted a great den that belonged to his late friend and mentor. The film will be in theaters on March 28.
It is a mild role, but she is also sharing some heavy ideas.
The “Crazy Rich Asian” and “Fresh of the Boat” stars stated that he is concerned about the “oppressive and backward” steps related to diversity in Hollywood, which is among all the major national rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
“I have seen that I have seen with recent TVs and films, when it comes to casting, the representation is a little less important,” Wu said. “This can be good in terms of focusing on the story and the characters, (but) it can be bad in the context of those who may be to return to the story and the limited fantasies of the characters.”
She said that she questions the idea of ”authenticity” as a reason to specifically bypasses the variety.
“What is the meaning of authenticity? It means truth, and if you are really an artist then you can find truth in any character, any face or any article of any face or clothes. You want to challenge yourself? Never like to challenge people,” he said.
The latest annual UCLA Hollywood diversity report showed that the white portion of all film roles increased from about 60% to 67% in 2023 next year, while other race groups and ethnicity were still reduced. For example, Asians make only 5.5% and Latino 3.6%.
The trend is more reflected in other aspects of Hollywood, as only 10 out of 10 dramatic film writers are colorful people and only 10 out of 10 are 10 dramatic film directors of color.
Wu made his Hollywood success with the 2018 Rome-Commy “Crazy Rich Asian”, which grossed $ 239 million at the box office worldwide. The success of the film launched a new wave of stars and representation, making the way to films like “Past Lives,” everything everywhere at once “and” Minari “.
“In his best form, (these initiatives) are about expanding imagination, creativity and possibility,” Wu said. “, If you are stuck in your ways, as a director, you are limiting yourself. If you think it is just trying to check a box, it’s not what it should be and it should not be,” he said about the onscreen variety.
With acting, Wu has another job as the mother of two young children. The actress compared motherhood to a golden triangle of productivity – faster, cheap and good, and says that you can have only two. His version, she jokingly, is “the Golden Triangle of Maternity”: Clean House, Personal Purry and Happy and Healthy Children – and again, you can have only two.
“I really like to be a clean house and I like to be happy and healthy baby, so personal purity goes out of the window. This production triangle goes out of the window if you are a man with a wife, but for mothers, whether you have a husband or help, that triangle is real,” Wu said.
