In a recent interview with theLos Angeles Times, Wu explained her “Twitter fiasco” and shared that the cast and crew ofFresh Off the Boatwere supportive of her at the time.
“I had this moment of heat where I got upset because I had to give up a job I had been looking forward to and had been chasing for a while,” she said. “It was moving to me how many people from the show reached out to me, and even on set … to say, ‘Just so you know, we love you and we know who you are, and you didn’t deserve any of that stuff.’ Because they also know that I’m an actress — I can be dramatic.”
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She continued, “I mean, that’s our toolkit, right? I’m dramatic. I’m emotional. But they also know that that doesn’t represent me because they have a hundred episodes of behavior that proves otherwise.”
TheTimesreported that the project Wu missed out on due to the season six renewal was a play where she would have had a “not Asian-specific” role.
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“I’m not beating myself up for it, because I know me,” theCrazy Rich Asiansactress told theTimes. “But I don’t think I realized that people were paying so much attention to my Twitter.”
Wu also opened up about allowing herself to be imperfect while being a “public figure.”
“I think a lot of why people are lonely in this world is because they go through these Instagram feeds and everybody’s life is perfect,” she said. “Nobody trips up. And sometimes I think, might it be good to see our heroes mess up a little bit and not always be perfect?”
“There is an expectation of the way that I ought to behave, and not just of perfection but of graciousness,” Wu continued. “And I am grateful. But am I elegant? No. I think I can be verbally eloquent sometimes, but as a human, am I an elegant person? No.”
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And when a Twitter user congratulated Wu, writing, “Congrats on your renewal! Great news :),” the actress swiftly responded: “No it’s not.” (The tweets have since been deleted.)
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“I loveFOTB,” she began. “I was temporarily upset yesterdaynotbc I hate the show but bc its renewal meant I had to give up another project that I was really passionate about. So my dismayed social media replies were more about that other project and not aboutFOTB.“
Wu then wrote thatFOTBis “a great show that I’m proud of and that I enjoy,” but that she was looking for “artistic challenge over comfort and ease.”
“I do regret that and it wasn’t nice and I am sorry for that. I know it’s a huge privilege that I evenHAVEoptions — options thatFOTBhas afforded me,” she wrote.
Wu can next be seen inHustlers, which hits theaters on Sept. 13.
source: people.com
