It’s funny, I kind of relate it to a physical wound. And it was really healing and helpful to me in a way that I didn’t realize. Putting it down on paper was a way of understanding it and myself better.įinally, I said "OK, I’ll do it as an exercise for myself, but I’m not going to publish it." So, I wrote it for myself to work through what happened in my own heart and in my own mind. I didn’t sit down and say, "I’m going to write about this event, this event and this event." I would just have memories pop up that I hadn’t fully worked through, like being raped. FALLON / Getty Images In terms of the stories and the essays you chose to write about, out of all your life experiences, how did you settle on the ones you ultimately ended up including in 'Making a Scene'? That’s part of being alive and growing up," Wu told TODAY. And I think trying to repress that abuse for five years, in order to preserve everyone else’s jobs, the reputation of the show - being such a beacon for Asian-Americans - you don’t want to dirty and sully that one shining beacon, inevitably came out in “Making a Scene.” I think the book provides, not excuses, but context to it. That’s why it’s called “Making a Scene,” because you can’t get rid of an emotion just by willing it away. It was far from the only experience I had and it was pretty standard for women in the industry at that time. Because of that, I don’t try and make myself out to be the coolest person or the best person.Īt that time, prior to the “Me Too” movement, it was actually pretty standard. My book aims to celebrate the ordinary and to ask us to look at our own stories with curiosity rather than judgement. They’re just personal experiences in my life that I think were relatable, but formative. It’s a book of essays - they’re personal essays, but each essay is meant to stand alone and is not related to each other, other than the fact that I am the writer of them. Wu sat down with TODAY to talk about “Making a Scene” and opened up about the joyful essays she included, as well as the hard-to-talk about ones and why she doesn’t regret them. I chose acting roles that wouldn’t put me in the limelight too much - choices that have restored peace to my life,” she wrote.Īfter a three-year absence, Wu returned to social media in July with the release of her new Prime Video series, “The Terminal List,” and the actor has a film coming out in October (“Lyle, Lyle Crocodile). “I quit all social media and turned down magazine cover offers. Meanwhile, Wu's star was shining: "Hustlers," the movie she starred in alongside Jennifer Lopez, was garnering rave reviews. Fortunately, a friend intervened, and Wu took a break from the public eye.
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