Chris was in front of/in the building where the GMMTV offices are housed yesterday and now I need to know why! Is he participating in some kind of show?
Do I have to participate in every day of the fest?
-No! Absolutely not. Feel free to come and go as you please!
What is the tag for the fest?
-#trapped5yearfest
Is there an AO3 collection?
-Yes! Linked here
What can I make for the Fest?
-Anything! Any fanwork that is posted on tumblr that is tagged #trapped5yearfest it will be posted on the official Tumblr! eg. Gifsets, Meta, Fan Edits, Fan fiction, Fan Mixes etc etc.
Any other questions send a message or an ask through @trapped5yearfest or @thisautistic
special thanks to @zhaozi for being my cheerleader, helping with the prompts and for being my very first bl bestie. love you bb
I'm SOOOO excited and I can't wait for the New Year!
[Interview] A look into the <Trade War’s> Jake Hsu’s treasure book list
BY EACHEN LEE AND SUNNY TSAI
PUBLISHED: 2024/04/30 in Harper's Bazaar TW
Jake Hsu, who graduated from the Drama Department of the National Taiwan University of Arts, started his acting career by participating in works of the ‘Q Series’, and then successfully gained popularity by taking on roles like Meng Shaofei in the 2019 BL series <HIStory3: Trapped> and the heart-warming twin brother Lin Zhenye in the 2022 Netflix series <Shards Of Her>. In 2024, Jake Hsu set his first steps in the suspenseful business-war themed TV series <Trade War>, in which he played a manservant with a complex personality, showcasing not only different aspects but also allowed the audience to witness his acting power.
As a new generation actor, Jake shared that he maintained his reading habit, ever since his studies. Not only can he keep the fun of browsing through books that way, but it simultaneously is of great help to his acting skills. Let us now take a look at the reading world of our “considerate reader” Jake Hsu.
Q: What was the book that started nurturing your reading habit? Do you have a daily reading plan?
Jake: Looking back on it now, the first book that I was crazy about reading is <The Power of Film> (by Howard Suber). It was also the first book I read about movies. It introduced the complicated elements of movies in a simple way. At that time I had just entered University, and that book was like a treasure trove to me, with every page filled with amazing knowledge.
A memory that is still vivid to this day is when I was waiting to go on [stage] in the black box theatre, snuggling up to the smallest of lights and roaming leisurely through the book. Although I don’t have a fixed reading plan, reading books still fills me with delight and is irreplaceable.
Q: Do you have any special habits while reading?
Jake: I don’t know if everyone has the same experience as me, but when I start a book, I can’t read another one before I finish the first one, otherwise I would get confused. If I’m reading a novel that has many characters in it, I even draw character interrelationship diagrams, otherwise I would easily forget who is who.
Q: Do you pay attention to certain rituals when reading?
Jake: I have to play instrumental music while reading, especially Lo-Fi style music, which can make me concentrate better.
Q: Apart from work-related books, what kind of books do you prefer?
Jake: I was fascinated by world literature at one point. I would often go to the university library’s translated novel section to look for treasures there. I still remember that after I closed the last page of <A Thousand Splendid Suns> (T/N by Khaled Hosseini), I sat beside myself (from excitement) in front of my writing desk for a long time. These days, most of the books I read are materials related to movie creators or famous people, or knowledge reference books.
Q: Have you ever starred in an adaptation of a literary work that you liked? Or have you ever become a fan of the book because you acted in an adaptation?
Jake: When I was studying drama in university, I performed in the classic <The Mousetrap> by famous British writer and playwright Agatha Christie. From then on, I started loving the deductive logic of this queen of detective (writers). Her most representative character Hercule Poirot has been adapted into television works that I enjoy ardously, such as <Murder On The Orient Express>, <Death On The Nile> and <A Haunting in Venice>.
Q: Please share with us the book that has had the most profound impact on you with respect to your life, and your acting.
Jake: The book that left the deepest impression on my life is <Just Like The Speed of Walking: My Daily life, Creations and the World> by (movie) director Hirokazu Kore-eda in which he describes several philosophies in life.
(T/N: Jake then shares an excerpt from the first chapter, but I won’t attempt to translate a Chinese translation of a Japanese original book into English).
The director’s perspective on the world, on roles/characters and on a person has had a very big impact on me.
And the book that influenced my acting the most is <A Challenge For The Actor> (by Uta Hagen) which I studied while in University. Even though I have developed my own thoughts on acting at this point, the exercices and homework for actors in <A Challenge For The Actor> laid a lot of foundation during my first venture into acting that are still useful today.
Q: If you have to go live on an uninhabited island for a year, and you could only bring one book with you, which one would you choose?
Jake: Since it would be a deserted island, I would like to bring the whole series of <One Piece> (Eiichiro Oda), which I hope to finish in due time. If I can’t bring multiple books, I would like to take with me <Freeing The Natural Voice> by Kristin Linklater, practice it diligently for a year and see what happens.
Q: Finally, please share three of your favourite recent books?
Jake: First, the two-volume manhua <Shen Ming Convenience Store> by Xie Donglin that I rediscovered at the Taichung Comic Museum. [The author] has turned Taiwan’s traditional gods and deities into characters and tells the stories in a clear and humorous way. I couldn’t stop laughing and really love it.
The second book is <Selected Film Reviews of Steven Tu: A Decade 2012-2022> which collects his masterpieces of ten years of film criticism. It’s like browsing a map of the film world of the past ten years through the eyes of Teacher Tu, which is close to reaching nirvana.
Finally, the book in my hand called <Voyage With Kiki Kirin>, which covers the period from 2007 until Kiki Kirin’s passing in 2018. During those twelve years, director Kirokazu Kore-eda and Kiki Kirin conducted scattered interviews in different situations and different times. I feel like I have spent countless wonderful afternoons with this book.
Seems like Jake’s friends hid numbered little green frogs in his house during a Lunar New Year’s party and as I’ve learned this might be a tiktok trend?? Wish him luck finding them all bc apparently he’s at 98…
annaxmalina
ellievsbear
2087
theartofmadeline
yousharknotpass
jacobvanloon
pixelskylines
