Sunday, May 18, 2008

film career


Further information: Fahrenheit filmography
Similar to their seniors F4, each member of Fahrenheit has first gained recognition in participating in certain idol dramas.
Jiro Wang was the first discovered among the four, appearing as a small character in The Pawnshop No. 8 and a supporting role in It Started With a Kiss as Ah Jin. Closely tracing his popularity that It Started With a Kiss has given him, his company decided to give him the lead role for KO One as well as Calvin Chen and Aaron Yan for they were discovered around that same time. After KO One aired, HIM International Music decided that it was time for Fahrenheit to release their first studio album to fulfill fans' requests. Wang and Yan will reprise their roles in It Started With a Kiss's sequel, It Started With a Kiss II.
Wu Chun, however, was heading toward a different road. The last to join Fahrenheit, Wu starred in a separate drama with Ariel Lin, a manga-based drama titled Tokyo Juliet. Following the success Tokyo Juliet has brought him, he was soon chosen to star in Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (Hana-Kimi) along with fellow band member Wang and S.H.E member Ella. Wu also guest starred in KO One, but had a very short appearance.
Hana-Kimi's pilot episode started off strong, posting a rating of 3.05
[11] Until the premiere of Show Luo and Barbie Xu's Corner With Love, Hana-Kimi was the ratings king in its time slot. Barbie Xu bet that Corner With Love's first episode would reach a ratings zenith of 2.9; however, she was off by quite a bit, as Corner wound up with a mere 2.81, peaking at around 3.25.[12] Corner With Love proved to be no match for Hana-Kimi in subsequent episodes, as the latter drama's ratings broke 5.0 by its twelfth episode.[13] Ratings-wise, Hana-Kimi was dominant for each of its 15 episodes, ending off with a finale that averaged around 5.98.[14] In light of Hana-Kimi 's success, reports claimed that Selina and Wu would be acting in the sequel to It Started With a Kiss as a couple. [15] However, the director of the sequel stepped out and rebunked the rumor.
In a report at
Liberty Times, it was confirmed that Wu would be starring in a new manga-based drama alongside Angela Chang. Chen would also slated to take part as the second male lead in the drama. [16] Filming for this drama, eventually confirmed to be Romantic Princess (公主小妹), began in early May. Romantic Princess has since premiered in Taiwan with a rating of 3.33 for its pilot episode. It was broadcasted weekly and ended its run after 13 episodes. Its ratings remain constantly in the 3-4 range, edging out its main competitors, Sweet Relationship starring Vic Zhou and Bull Fighting starring Mike He and Hebe Tien.
The other members of Fahrenheit were also busy with their own filming commitments. Following the success of KO One is its sequel,
The X-Family (終極一家). Wang, Yan and Chen reprised their roles as Da Dong, Xiao Yu and Ya Se Wang respectively whilst taking on new roles in this new drama set in a separate dimension. Wu guest-starred and only appeared in the last two episodes of the 55-episode long drama. Shooting for The X-Family started in June, 2006, and ended in April, 2007. The drama has since enjoyed a full run on GTV, showing every Monday to Friday, and has recently concluded. Its popularity led to a slew of follow ups, including an online game as well as an original soundtrack that was promoted in numerous Asian countries.
Idol dramas aside, it was also reported in various Chinese sources that Wu will be starring in a new Hong Kong-based film with
Gillian Chung of Twins. Another report claimed that Wu is currently preparing for a new drama directed by actor/director Stephen Chow. [17] On April 27, 2007, the media announced that Alex Fong will take Wu's place in the new Hong Kong film, Bathing Beauty (出水芙蓉). [18] However reports claiming a future project with Chow is still unconfirmed.
On March 17 2008, a press conference was held to announce that Wu will be filming a movie, Butterfly Lovers (武俠梁祝) with
Charlene Choi, the other half of popular Hong Kong group, Twins as Gillian Chung had voluntarily gave up her role after being embroiled in the Edison Chen sex photos scandal.
Currently, Jiro Wang is busy filming GTV drama,
Rolling Love (翻滚吧!蛋炒饭). After being casted as second male lead for a few of his drama series, the youngest member of Fahrenheit Aaron Yan will be starring as the main lead in the GTV drama The Clue Collector (霹靂MIT). Wu is involved in yet another idol drama, Hot Shot (篮球火), acting alongside established artistes, Show Luo and Jerry Yan.

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