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Christian yu working out12/8/2023 ![]() So if I didn’t get a role, I’d just let it go. “I’d leave all the decisions to Him - He would choose for me. If he’s up for a role, he’d just pray, says Yu. But now, I can draw life experience and immerse in my character.”Ī devout Christian, Yu credits the Almighty for turning his life around and opening new doors for him. “My performances were superficial I was more concerned with looking good. Now that he’s back in showbiz, how does he rate himself as an actor? “When I look at my past roles, maybe because I was young and I lack life experience, I couldn’t really act well,” says Yu. Acting is fun the second time around But, of course, I just had to put a little more effort on the pronunciation, that’s all.”Ĥ. Acting is acting it’s just a different language. I went in and tried it out, and after a few scenes, I thought, it isn’t that bad. How does Yu reflect on that experience now? “At first I was quite worried whether I could make it or not,” he recalls. Moreover, no one asked me to.” Then when least expected he was greeted with a slew of offers, from “reading scripture in English to sharing testimony in English to writing a book in English.” “I wanted to try it but I didn’t dare to,” says Yu. The chance to work on an English-language show was too good to miss, says Yu who had until then only done Mandarin-speaking roles. It was at one of the screening parties where Yu was told by a producer from media company MM2 to audition for the TV reworking of Dick Lee’s stage musical. The road to Fried Rice Paradise started with A Land Imagined, the award-winning indie film that opened in February, where Yu plays a world-weary cop investigating a missing Chinese migrant worker. ![]() ”ĭuring our ‘ride’ in Yu's Honda Stream, he shared with us a few things about his experience working on his first English-language production, Ch 5’s Fried Rice Paradise, a 13-episode adaptation of Dick Lee’s popular stage musical, and how much he’s evolved as an actor.įried Rice Paradise – The Drama Series airs Tue, Ch 5, 9.30pm. “When I’m free, I still drive,” says Yu who no longer rents a taxi and is now a Grab driver. ![]() While the acting offers have kept him busy lately, he hasn’t given up his day job as a chauffeur-for-hire. He returned to Ch 8 with 2016’s Hero, followed by 2017’s Dream Coder. In 2014, he appeared in a church play, his first starring role since leaving Mediacorp in 2000. (Yu also has a 19-year-old daughter, Eleanor, with Quan.)Īll this while, Yu hadn't fallen out with acting. He married a sales merchandiser, with whom he has two sons, Israel, two, and Christian, six. Then Yu embraced Christianity, cleaned up his act and thus began a new chapter in his life. The highly-publicised split from TV host wife Quan Yifeng. Yu’s stormy backstory is well-documented (if you’re familiar with it, kindly skip the next three paragraphs). “Don’t worry, I was using an earpiece,” Yu, 51, assures us. Had we known earlier, we would’ve called when his shift ended. In fact, we only know he’s on the road at the end of our chat - when we hear him dropping off a passenger. Think of it as our version of Taxicab Confessions sans the camera. You see, he’s behind the wheel (somewhere along the BKE, if we heard correctly) while this writer is holed up in a conference room, interviewing the erstwhile Ch 8 artiste and in-demand comeback actor over the phone on a clear Friday afternoon. Samuel suggests using moves like this dumbell curl series that perfects the 'forearms parallel to ground' position, which allows you to make the most of your is speaking to Peter Yu in a moving car. To attempt to get your own arms to look even anything like McCaffrey's, you could follow some advice from Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. "Now, everything that I eat is pertinent to what I need for my best performance," McCaffrey said. This meant cutting out chicken, tuna, wheat, and soy, and focusing only on stuff that will build towards his improvement. He says early on in his career, he ran blood work and worked with a chef, which helped to realize the things his body was deficient in. In another interview with GQ, McCaffrey talked about the diet that helps keep him in top shape. Every once in a while, I’ll get in the top end." It’s very pertinent to exactly what I do on the football field, which is fast burst in short spaces. “My training is very specific to my sport, so it’s a lot of fast, explosive movements. “Somebody has eyes on me all the time," he said. But McCaffrey says he's ready for whatever it takes. If that sounds tiring, well, it probably is. He was working out five days a week, with three days of intensive training, one football-specific movement day, and one recovery day. McCaffrey walked ESPN through his typical training day during the offseason.
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