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"Fresh Off the Boat" Star Constance Wu on Bunnies & Dream Guest Stars

"Fresh Off the Boat" Star Constance Wu on Bunnies & Dream Guest Stars

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The lovely and talented Constance Wu stops by the YH Studio to chat about her hit fish-out-of-water sitcom "Fresh Off The Boat" just as it wraps up it's debut season! She dishes on breaking character during filming and reveals her guest dream star, plus she talks about her waitressing days at BOA and what one particular celebrity would always order!

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Young Hollywood

Look at them babies. This is you. They've never come out for anyone. They just wanted to pop out for you. If I had a nickel, for every time a guy told you that his knees fucked out, it pants for you. I'm Oliver Trevena here at the Young Hollywood Studio with the lovely Constance Wu. How are you?

Constance Wu

I'm good. hurry. We were talking about the way I sit. Is there a problem?

Young Hollywood

Well, that's what this whole show is about. The way I sit. Experimenting different ways for you to sit. For us to sit. Now you've adapted a very strong female pose with a couple of props.

Constance Wu

I didn't even adapt it. This is just my nature.

Young Hollywood

You walk like that as well.

Constance Wu

Yes. With the legs crossed like this. I don't even walk. I float.

Young Hollywood

Your team member just said I've got chunky knees. It's sticking in my head now.

Constance Wu

Well, they're so chunky that they burst a hole. They burst out. I'm like the Incredible Hulk. I'm the British Incredible Hulk.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Let's move on. Let's move on. Let's move on on to more things which is relevant as well. Fresh Off The Boat. Yes. Which I'm kind of that as well. Fresh Off The Boat.

Constance Wu

Yeah. You look it.

Young Hollywood

I do. Do I? I've got no tan yet at all. You got good t- actually.

Constance Wu

They're not mine. That's actually the best

Young Hollywood

They're not mine. And this interview is going great. We're going to edit out everything so far. Um but yes, Fresh Off The Boat, ABC, we just had the finale.

Constance Wu

Yes. It's done. It's finished. Oh, it went by so quickly and yeah, we're excited to show you guys more. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Um the finale is kind of the opposite to what the season was about. Now you're trying to get back your roots.

Constance Wu

Right. We worry that we've assimilated too much. Right. Into this Orlando, Florida culture. Right, into the American Dream. Mom, why did you get me re-assigned? I had Jamaica. I was on Easy Street. Everything gonna be irie. Jamaica's so much cooler than China. You know what's cool? A wall you can see from space. China. Birthplace of kung fu. China. Gunpowder, the compass, gambling. China, China, China. What is that? Chicken feet is for good fertility. I don't want good fertility.

Young Hollywood

It's hilarious, but I look at it and I'm like I don't know how you guys keep a straight face during filming. It's that that's tough. It must be tough, right?

Constance Wu

Uh-huh, especially when I'm acting with uh Lucille Song, the woman who plays Grandma, cuz she will never break character. She will just be intense and screaming at you in Chinese. And I just I lose it. She's so funny. And Randall, my co-star, he never breaks character, but sometimes when he's acting with Grandma, he just he loses it. He loses it.

Young Hollywood

I'm not surprised. Yeah. Is there been a favorite episode for you so far in the first season?

Constance Wu

Um, yeah, I like the uh the Shaqu Fu episode.

Young Hollywood

Okay. I think that's the one where I did my pimple work. I would say do it again but you're tied up with the mic so we won't get you to do that right now. Right. And I don't think it can be contained in this studio.

Constance Wu

You'll be surprised what we can contain in this studio.

Young Hollywood

It's not your knees.

Constance Wu

Not my not my knees. Look at them babies. Look at them babies. This is you. They've never come out for anyone. They just wanted to pop out for you. If I had a nickel, For every time a guy told you that his knees fucked out, it pants for you. It's terrible. Terrible. Terrible.

Young Hollywood

Um Fresh Off The Boat is based off uh anyone the famous chef and his memoir.

Constance Wu

His memoir. Loosely based. Loosely based off of you know, this has been my jeans. Loosely. Exactly. I mean that book, his memoir, spans his whole life. Right, right. Like up until adulthood so obviously we can't force little Hudson to grow up and become in season 25, you might still be going.

Young Hollywood

That's what the Hollywood rumors are. 25 seasons. I read the Hollywood Reporter, it says they're looking for 25 season. Yeah. Um you're quite a tight knit family. The kids on it are hilarious as well. Um any fun set stories that you could fill us in on? Do you play pranks or anything?

Constance Wu

No, but I I have a bunny rabbit and I bring her to set every day.

Young Hollywood

You have a bunny rabbit?

Constance Wu

Yeah, I bring her and she just roams freely around my trailer.

Young Hollywood

Not that it's I'm going to get hate by the bunny rabbit committee, if there is one. But I thought bunny rabbits just stay in cages at home. I didn't think they were animals that you actually take like dogs.

Constance Wu

Well, if you mistreat them.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Not that I would do that. I've never owned a bunny rabbit, but now I know that you take it with you.

Constance Wu

Yeah, and you well you don't have to take it with you, but they're kind of like cats.

Young Hollywood

Do you have a leash?

Constance Wu

No. Okay. But they they're litter trained. So they just roam around the house and do their thing. They're kind of messy though, cuz they you know.

Young Hollywood

What's what's the bunny's name?

Constance Wu

Her name is Lyda Rose. There is a song. Okay. Called Lyda Rose. Okay. From a play called The Music Man, which is one of the first plays I did when I was a kid.

Young Hollywood

Brilliant. Yeah, cuz you've been in this acting world for a long time.

Constance Wu

I haven't been paid for it for the longest time, but I've been doing it.

Young Hollywood

But you trained. You've done it properly. You trained and yeah. Did it properly. Before you hit the big time on Fresh Off The Boat, you were you were a waitress at BOA.

Constance Wu

I was. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Yes. I I waited on Paris Hilton a lot. There you go. She's great. Yeah.

Constance Wu

There you go. She loves uh flaming yon. The expensive kind. Yes, and she gets chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Look at that. Yeah. And she still keeps that slender figure. Oh she does. Chocolate chip cookies. How to be Paris Hilton. Espresso. To have that metabolism. Shot of tequila. There you go. Goes down perfect.

Young Hollywood

You've had some interesting guest stars as well. Um is there anyone next season that if you could choose anyone, anyone in the world, they could be dead. This is just going to make it harder. But your dream guest star on the show.

Constance Wu

Steve Buscemi. That's a good one.

Young Hollywood

It's a good one. I can't even say anything after that. Steve Buscemi. I'm not even going to ask anything after that. Just wrap it up with Just have the episode just be his face. Just Steve Buscemi. Just looking at the camera. What would you scream? You're Steve Buscemi.

Constance Wu

I don't know. Okay, that's good. They declared it a sentence.

Young Hollywood

You also learn quite a bit on the on the show cuz you know, you've you've made the move from DC. You've gone to Orlando and you're all learning this way of American dream. What would you say that if you were on the show and you're going to learn something, what would you like to learn?

Constance Wu

You know, part of finding your own identity is experimenting with sort of different things when you grow up. Whether that's, you know, trying out macaroni and cheese instead of having, you know, your mom's stinky tofu or whatever.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. I shouldn't have just eaten fish and chips every day. Oh, well, I thought fish and chips are good.

Constance Wu

Fish and chips are good. Yeah, with malt vinegar.

Young Hollywood

Wow. Well done. Of course. Well done. So many people don't even You've just you've just shut me there. I mean, you were doing well anyway, but you've just gone through the roof. You've gone through my you want to You've gone through my pants.

Constance Wu

My favorite movie is a British comedy called Withnail & I. Good one.

Young Hollywood

Is are you sure you're not British?

Constance Wu

I'm not sure.

Young Hollywood

I knew I recognized you. We went different schools together. We went different schools together. Yeah, of course. All people everywhere should watch Fresh Off The Boat. You already have. It's over. Should watch, you know, the next season. The next season, which is soon. It's a great mystery.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Constance Wu

    Featured guest discussing her show

  • Oliver Trevena

    Interviewer at Young Hollywood

  • Lucille Song

    Plays Grandma on Fresh Off The Boat

  • Randall

    Co-star on Fresh Off The Boat

  • Hudson

    Character on Fresh Off The Boat

  • Paris Hilton

    Celebrity Constance Wu waited on

  • Steve Buscemi

    Constance Wu's dream guest star

FAQ

What show is Constance Wu on?+
Constance Wu stars in the sitcom "Fresh Off The Boat."
What is Constance Wu's dream guest star for Fresh Off The Boat?+
Constance Wu's dream guest star for "Fresh Off The Boat" is Steve Buscemi.
Did Constance Wu work as a waitress?+
Yes, Constance Wu worked as a waitress at BOA Steakhouse before her big break.
Who did Constance Wu wait on at BOA Steakhouse?+
Constance Wu waited on Paris Hilton frequently at BOA Steakhouse.
What is the name of Constance Wu's bunny?+
Constance Wu's bunny is named Lyda Rose, after a song from the play "The Music Man."
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