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Singer-actor Wu Chun, whose real name is Goh Kiat Chun, tries out an equipment at his gym in Bandar Seri Begawan. (Photo by Yasminka Lee/Asia News Network)



Brunei-born star Wu Chun tries to live an anonymous life in his hometown but finds out it's not really possible

In this small city, people are likely to know where the two branches of Fitness Zone are located but they probably don’t care to know that it is owned by a very famous actor-singer named Wu Chun.

Wu, 32, is perhaps better known as Goh Kiat Chun when he is in his hometown, usually donning a cap and shirt promoting his club while driving around in one of his sports cars, shuttling between the two clubs about 15 minutes away from each other to manage the business.

From January to April this year, Wu has spent about 70 per cent of his time in Brunei following a recent decision to step back from his hectic schedule as a film and drama actor in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, as well as member of the pop group Fahrenheit, in favour of spending more time with his family.

“I told them (management company) that I want to focus more on filming, and have a little bit more time for myself and my family so I can come back here more often,” Wu tells popasia in an interview. “...So they try to squeeze in everything together so I can have free time to come back (to Brunei).”

Wu grew up in Brunei, attending a local Chinese school before going to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, where he finished business administration. He also played for Brunei’s national basketball team at one time.

This new arrangement shuttling between Brunei and Taiwan has worked so far but he dreads this month until the end of the year when his schedule is packed again to shoot two movies plus promotions for the period film, My Kingdom, and his newest drama Sunshine Angel.
Wu started out in the entertainment business six years ago via a guest role in the Taiwan drama KO One before playing the male lead in Tokyo Juliet. But it was the 2006 drama Hana Kimi that propelled him to stardom. Before that, he was a model and fitness instructor.

He remembers his audition for Tokyo Juliet: “I was too nervous, I was sweating and my face was red. When I said the dialogue, I was trembling so the director asked the producer, ‘are you sure you wanna use this guy?’”

Wu was not fluent in Mandarin then and some of his lines had to be dubbed but that did not stop his rise to fame. A year later, he was tapped to be part of Fahrenheit. Without a singing background, he had to take voice lessons.

With most of his work based in Taiwan, he semi-relocated there and even bought a house. As an artiste, however, he experienced culture shock—used to being his own boss with experience of putting up a successful business, a billiards hall, at 19 years old.

“So many things you need to follow. It’s like you are a robot, you are not a human being anymore... It’s like I’m a product,” he laughs. “But I love to make people happy so I’m okay with it. After what my mom went through, hardship is nothing. I can overcome those things.”

He lost his mother to cancer two years before he entered the entertainment business and her death has left a huge impression on him, including his view on religion.

“Before I was a Buddhist but my mom really (had faith) and I saw that she had a hard time. All these things are good: Christianity, Buddhism, they teach you the right way to live but I learned from theory. I don’t hope and pray to get something. You do your best in life and that’s it.

“The death of my mom changed my life and taught me how to be really patient, not to expect too much, cherish life.”

And while he has grown to love his job over the last six years, he also realised that he wants to have more time with his loved ones.

“It’s different when you are in the country and with your family. When I wake up, I see my family, we have meals together. Sometimes we go out to have a meal. The feeling is very different from being not in Brunei.

“That’s why right now, I always think: Is it worth it for me to get into showbiz? I don’t want to be like my mom wherein I only got so little time in the end. I’m still young but my father is old already and you never know (what will happen).”

He also prefers being home in Brunei because no one really bothers him and he is able to go about his own business. In fact, it was only recently that the locals started to recognise him and it is understandable if the general public thinks he is from Taiwan.

“I was very surprised because my dramas have started to be shown on local television. Many locals started to know me. They will wave at me so it’s really funny. The first year, they didn’t really know because in Brunei, they seldom write news about Chinese showbiz.”

He does not mind the attention from the locals though. “The most they would do is say hi and take pictures. They won’t disturb my privacy. They won’t follow (me around),” he says.

It is different though when he is in Taiwan, Hong Kong or China where paparazzi follow him everywhere.

“One time I had to run on the street (in Taiwan). Sometimes they follow my car and we’d go into the small streets but they are very fierce. A few times, I just ran out of the car and went very fast until they can no longer follow,” he recalls.

They have also followed him to Brunei many times. During the opening of his new gym, paparazzi from Hong Kong descended on Bandar.
“I wanted to try the swimming pool but I got no chance so one night, I did it around 1am and I thought they were sleeping already. So I was trying to swim and then all of a sudden, they were there trying to take photos. Luckily, my manager saw and stopped them.”

He asked them to delete the photos but he concedes that there was nothing he could have done had the photographers refused. “I’m not a normal person, people can always take pictures of me.”

Despite these occasional disturbances, Wu still prefers life in Brunei. After all, it is his hometown where he is also known as “GKC” and not Wu Chun, the celebrity.

As we leave the café after the interview, a group of fans approach him. Wu turns somewhat serious and slightly surprised to learn they are local fans. He talks to them quietly and poses for a photo in front of the Fitness Zone logo.

Upstairs, two fans from Singapore are waiting to get a glimpse of him. He says he discourages his fans to come to Brunei as he arranges fan meetings outside every now and then but that does not stop them from coming anyway.

It turns out that even in his own sanctuary, Wu cannot really escape from the limelight and from journalists like me.

(Wu will be seen next in the mainland period movie, My Kingdom, with Han Geng and Barbie Hsu; in the Taiwanese drama Sunshine Angel with Rainie Yang; and will soon start filming the all-star Hong Kong production The Yang Clan with Louis Koo, Ekin Cheng, Raymond Lam and Vic Chou.)






網上翻譯:

歌手，演員吳尊，本名吳吉尊，嘗試了一台設備在他的健身房在斯里巴加灣市。 （照片由Yasminka李/亞洲新聞網）

文萊出生的明星吳尊嘗試過一個匿名的生命在他的家鄉，但發現它不是真的有可能

在這個小城市，人們可能知道其中兩個分支，健身區位於但他們可能不小心知道這是擁有一個非常著名的演員兼歌手名為吳尊。

吳，32歲，也許是更好地稱為吳吉尊時，他是在他的家鄉，通常穿上帽子和襯衫，宣傳他的俱樂部，而開著他的一個跑車，穿梭於兩家具樂部約 15分鐘，距對方管理業務。

從今年一月至四月，吳已花費了大約百分之70的時間在文萊最近決定後退一步從他繁忙的日程作為電影和戲劇演員在台灣，香港和中國，以及委員流行組合飛輪海，贊成花更多的時間與家人在一起。

“我告訴他們（管理公司），我要更專注於拍攝，並有一點點的時間，我和我的家人，所以我能回到這裡更多的時候，”吳在接受採訪時告訴 popasia。 “...所以他們試圖在一切擠在一起，使我能有空閒的時間來恢復（文萊）。”

吳尊在文萊長大的，參加當地的中文學校，才去皇家墨爾本理工大學在澳大利亞，在那裡他完成了企業管理。 他還曾為文萊國家籃球隊在同一時間。

這項新安排穿梭於文萊和台灣的工作都很遠，但他怕的這個月，直到年底時，他的日程安排是擠滿了拍攝兩部影片加上促銷期間的電影大武生 ，他的最新電視劇 陽光天使 。
吳尊開始了在娛樂圈六年前通過客串角色，在台劇 終極一班 扮演男主角之前在 東方朱麗葉 。 但它是2006年電視劇 花樣少年少女 是推動他成為明星。 在此之前，他是個模範和健身教練。

他記得他的試演， 東方朱麗葉 ：“我太緊張，我在冒汗，我的臉是紅色的。 當我說的對話，我渾身顫抖，因此導演要求生產者，'你確定你要使用這個傢伙？“

吳不流利的普通話，然後和他的一些線路不得不被命名但這並沒有阻止他聲名鵲起。 一年後，他被指定成為飛輪海其中的一成員。 如果沒有一個歌唱背景，他不得不採取學習聲樂。

他的大部分工作與總部設在台灣，他半遷往那裡，甚至買了一套房子。 作為一個藝人，但是，他經歷了文化衝擊，是他用來給自己當老闆的經驗，把一個成功的企業，一個台球廳，19歲。

“這麼多的事情你需要遵循。 這就像你是一個機器人，你是不是人了... 這就像我是一個產品，“他笑著說。 “但我喜歡讓人們高興，所以我沒事它。 既然是我的媽媽經歷，困難是什麼。 我可以克服這些東西。“

他失去了母親的癌症前兩年他進入娛樂圈，她的死留下了巨大的印象他，包括他的宗教觀點。

“以前我是一個佛教徒，但我的媽媽真的（有信心），我看見她有一個困難時期。 所有這些東西是好的：基督教，佛教，他們教你正確的生活方式，但我學到的理論。 我不希望和祈求得到一些東西。 你做你最好的生活，就是這樣。

“我媽的死改變了我的生活，教我如何成為真正耐心，不要期望太多，珍惜生命。”

雖然他已經成長為熱愛他的工作在過去的六年，他也意識到，他希望有更多的時間與他的親人。

“這是不同的，當您在本國和你的家人。 當我醒來，我看到我的家人，我們一起吃飯。 有時候，我們出去吃飯。 感覺很不同，但不得在文萊。

“這就是為什麼現在，我總是​​在想：是不是值得我進入娛樂圈？ 我並不想成為像我媽媽，其中我只有這麼少的時間在年底。 我還年輕，但我的父親老了已經和你永遠不知道（會發生什麼事）。“

他還喜歡呆在家裡，因為在文萊沒有人真正困擾他，他能去他自己的事業。 事實上，這是最近才開始認識到當地人他，這是可以理解的，如果普通市民認為他是台灣人。

“我非常驚訝，因為我的戲已經開始顯示在當地電視台。 許多當地人開始認識我。 他們將波所以我真的很有趣。 第一年，他們並不真正知道，因為在文萊，他們很少寫新聞關於中國演藝圈。“

他不介意從當地人的關注，但。 “他們最會做的就是打招呼和拍照。 他們不會打擾我的隱私。 他們不會跟隨（箱左右），“他說。

它是不同的，雖然他在台灣時，在香港或中國狗仔隊到處跟著他。

“有一次我在街上跑（台灣）。 有時他們也跟著我的車，我們就進入了小街道，但他們都非常激烈。 有幾次，我剛跑出了非常快的車，直到他們不再能走，“他回憶道。

他們也跟著他到文萊很多次。 在他的新體育館開幕，來自香港的狗仔隊的後裔在班達爾。
“我想嘗試游泳池，但我沒有機會因此，一天晚上，我做到了凌晨1點左右，我還以為他們睡著了。 所以，我是想游泳，然後突然之間，他們在那裡試圖拍照。 幸運的是，我的經理看到並阻止了他們。“

他要求他們刪除照片，但他承認，他沒有什麼可以做有攝影師拒絕。 “我不是一個正常的人，人們總是可以拍照的我。”

儘管這些偶然的擾動，吳還是喜歡生活在文萊。 畢竟，這是他的家鄉，他也被稱為“吳吉尊”，而不是吳尊的明星。

當我們離​​開咖啡廳採訪結束後，一群球迷找他。 吳念真有點嚴重，稍微驚訝地知道他們是本地的球迷。 他說話的口氣向他們默默耕耘，構成一個攝影前面的健身區標誌。

樓上的，兩個風扇從新加坡正等著他窺見一斑。 他說，他不鼓勵他的球迷前來為他安排風扇文萊會議外不時但這並不能阻止他們前來反正。

事實證明，即使在他自己的聖所，武不能真正擺脫了風頭，並從記者喜歡我。

（吳會被視為未來在大陸時期的電影， 大武生 ，與韓庚和徐熙媛，在台灣戲劇 陽光天使 與楊丞琳，以及即將開拍的全香港明星的楊家將與古天樂，鄭伊健，林峰和周渝民。）




source: http://www.asianewsnet.net