In 2018, a movie about Asian Americans, " Crazy Rich Asians" (Crazy Rich Asians) was born, and a beautiful report card with a win-win box office reputation.
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, and the actress who plays the heroine Constance Wu (Constance Wu) not only became popular in Asia overnight, but also became well-known in Hollywood .
However, behind the glamor is endless sadness. Recently, Wu Tianmin revealed her experiences in Hollywood over the years: was sexually harassed and bullied.
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Wu Tianmin was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA in 1982. Both his parents are from Taiwan, China.
She has loved acting since she was a child. When she grew up, she has been playing supporting roles in Hollywood and has played countless small roles. Finally, in 2015, she waited for her opportunity.
In that year, the Chinese sitcom she starred in " First come " was broadcast. Unexpectedly, the first episode reached a rating of 7.94 million, and then broke through the siege among many American dramas and became the second highest-rated sitcom that year.
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, making this one of the few Asian American dramas in the United States, rare continuous filming for 6 seasons. The continuous high reputation has also made her who has been dormant for many years and entered the public eye.
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As a Chinese girl who has dreamed of being an actor since she was a child, Wu Tianmin walked from behind the scenes to the front stage, and it was extremely difficult. At the age of 32, this girl who is trying to realize her dream has played the leading role for the first time.
is the soul of "Newcomer", Jessica Huang.
In the play, Wu Tianmin plays Chinese mother Jessica, who is eloquent, walks with a wind, and is quite chivalrous. It has been well received by the audience.
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However, behind the flowers and applause, it is not always so dazzling.
became a famous work and became her nightmare
When the whole play was sought after by everyone, as a newcomer, Wu Tianmin was sexually harassed and intimidated by the producers of the film in an unknown place.
Last Friday, Wu Tianmin revealed for the first time that was bullied and sexually harassed during the filming of a drama.
In the interview, Wu Tianmin said that when she participated in the first two seasons of "First Arrival", she was sexually harassed by the Asian American producers of the film.
However, in the interview, she did not reveal her name specifically, but instead replaced it with the letter M.
"That man put his hand on my thigh and wiped my crotch apart..."
As an Asian woman who has no backing and has entered the American entertainment industry by herself, Wu Tianmin said that she was very frightened and afraid when encountering this. However, as a newcomer, she did not dare to reveal her experience to anyone at that time.
What's more, the drama "Newcomer" can be said to be historic for Asian Americans.As the only Asian American show on online TV for more than 20 years, Wu Tianmin did not want the reputation of the TV series to be tarnished.
However, after all, what I got was to get worse.
While sexually harassing, the man also wanted to control Wu Tianmin. asked Wu Tianmin to hand over all business affairs to him, and always told Wu Tianmin what to wear.
While immersing in the role in the play, he also has to endure the producer's "scared hands" and mental control from time to time. The extreme emotional separation, almost drove Wu Tianmin crazy at that time.
Sleeping in the firewood and enduring humiliation for nearly two years. After achieving great success in the first two seasons of "First Arrival", Wu Tianmin finally got the confidence and said "no" to sexual harassment.
Relying on the fame he earned step by step, Wu Tianmin began to fight head-on and refused to go to the same film festival with the producer who was sexually harassed, which made the scene very embarrassing for a time.
"Because I am in my 30s, everyone thinks I should know what I am doing. This makes me paranoid and embarrassed."
But, with a name, there is power.
After becoming famous, Wu Tianmin finally stayed away from disgusting workplace bullying and sexual harassment. However, the renewal of "Newcomer" made her unable to escape from that "nightmare" man.
In 2015, after the first two seasons of "Newcomer" were well received, in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, "Newcomer" was filmed for four consecutive seasons.
Although Wu Tianmin has never been sexually harassed again after becoming famous. However, during the years of renewal, the producers were always in jealous.
Wu Tianmin revealed that every day when you go to work, you can see those who know the inside story, talk and laugh with the producer, and call him brothers. Such a scene made her feel betrayed at all times when she was on the set.
Of course, no one can live in a castle in the air. Wu Tianmin also understood this very well. She knew that the cruelty of reality forced these people to do this. But the depression she always joins the group still makes her unable to help but fall into that bad and fearful mood.
is enough! It's really enough!
could not bear the resistance, but was blasted by the Internet for a misunderstanding
In 2019, after learning that "Newcomer" was renewed again for the sixth season, the suppressed Wu Tianmin's emotions that could no longer bear were finally burst out.
In July 2019, Wu Tianmin directly started to renew the program on Twitter , saying that this was not good news, and that she also made her lose a very challenging role.
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This year, Wu Tianmin's value has soared with the movie "Crazy Legend". Many netizens believe that Wu Tianmin's move is already disgusting her "First Arrival" that made her famous.
As the saying goes, don’t forget to dig wells when you draw water.
For a moment, all the ingratitude of ungratefulness hit Wu Tianmin.
After that, the network violence has been one after another. Wu Tianmin said that since then, other Asian actresses have sent private messages to her, saying that she has become a scourge of the Asian-American community.
career was destroyed, and the confusion and abuse of compatriots, all of this made Wu Tianmin begin to believe the curse of netizens and feel that he is not worth living anymore.
"I am an Asian American shame, they would have lived better without me."
So at that time, She chose to commit suicide.
Fortunately, my friend's timely discovery made Wu Tianmin save his life. It also made Wu Tianmin begin to reflect on her life. In the interview, when talking about this past event, Wu Tianmin shed tears directly The scene. She said she just wanted to get rid of her depression in another way.
In the past three years, Wu Tianmin has been silent for a long time and has been receiving treatment from a doctor, which also made Wu Tianmin finally dare to face her past.
Now, in her memoir "Making a Scene》, Wu Tianmin, who was resurrected with full blood, boldly disclosed the "past" he once deliberately concealed and kept silent.
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In the interview with ml1, Wu Tianmin said that she has always been grateful and grateful for everything about "First Arrival". However, she doesn't want to remember the bullying and insults she has suffered again.
"I want to have a brand new beginning, I don't want to start a program with these abusive memories.
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