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“But this is the first time I worked on a project where everybody came from similar backgrounds. Although I was accepted in Asia, I was still kind of an outsider. On something like Westworld, I was the only Asian person on set, right?

“This was a situation where we all had similar backgrounds, similar experiences, and we’re telling a story about our experiences.”

A few years later, he started learning kung fu at age 12. His passion for Chinese martial arts persisted and he founded the wushu club at his university in 1994.

At 23, Wu graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Oregon. This was 1997, and for his graduation trip, he travelled to Hong Kong to use the city as his base to travel around East and Southeast Asia for a few months before going back to the US to find a job.

Aside from wushu, Wu was also interested in film.