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[Interview] Wu Lei Interview for Esquire FineUP (June 2022)

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Wu Lei: Growing like the wind, heading towards the future

As the first cover character of the first issue of “Esquire FineUP” e-magazine, we invited Wu Lei, a big boy who is passionate and thoughtful. Youth embodies endless creativity in him, “one section after another, one thousand branches and ten thousand leaves*.” In his most prosperous age, he went to snowy mountains and swam mountains and rivers, polished himself in his works, and explored the most consistent way of acting in life.

Note:*this saying come from a poem. The poem describes the integrity of the bamboo, which does not compete with the flowers for beauty and fragrance. It also refers to the author's own clean, self-contained, detached and close-to-nature way of life.

As we hope this magazine can convey to readers – the most interesting thing in life must be every moment now.

Actor Wu Lei

Become a “partner” with the character

When asked if he was worried about his acting career being restricted, Wu Lei replied without hesitation: “I’m worried”.

For many good-looking young actors, transition is always one of the biggest problems. But under the still youthful face, 22-year-old Wu Lei has a rationality and calmness that is rare among his peers.

Compared with pure anxiety, he feels that it is more important to find a solution, that is, to not presuppose the future and to perform every drama well in the present.

“Although I want to try all different types of roles, being an actor is a career that is choosen. I can’t act whatever I want. It often depends on fate.”

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[Interview] Wu Lei Interview for Esquire Fine (July 2022)

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Wu Lei’s Newbie Plant Boy Experience

Half a year ago, Wu Lei was still a “newbie about plants”. The last time he raised plants can be traced back to his elementary school days.

This time, he moved the happy tree, panax notoginseng, mangosteen, cactus, and amaryllis home, and went to see how his plants were doing when he got up every day. He said that silent plants have a graceful and wonderful world.

“Plant Newbie”

When spring just emerged this year, Wu Lei posted three photos of small potted plants on Weibo, from seedlings to dense branches and blooming flowers. “Recent achievements,” he wrote. This young man born at the turn of the millennium also started raising plants.

He picked these plants in pots from the flower and bird market in Beijing. When he went there for a walk half a year ago, Wu Lei was still a “plant newbie”. The last time he remembered growing a plant dates back to his distant elementary school days. It was an onion-like Daffodil. After being immersed in water, white flowers bloomed soon after. It was easy to raised.

This time, he chose plants based on his “sight” – this one is good, this one is quite small, and this one looks easy to grow. As for habits, there is no clue. You still have to ask the shop owner how often to water and what does “watering thoroughly” mean? The uncle naturally cast a distrustful look at him – young man, these guys will definitely die if you raise them for two days. Especially this amaryllis, it takes three months to bloom. You may not be able to grow it for three months, right? “Ouch! Do you know the desire to win in my heart? He probably thought that a kid like me would only be passionate for three minutes. I just thought, it just so happens that there is nothing going on during this period, I can definitely grow flowers.”

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