Wu Kangren, the "desperate Saburo" in Taiwan's entertainment industry, always gives people an image of hard work and perseverance, whether on the screen or in life. If you want to say who is the most representative of Taiwan's Mesozoic actors, Wu Kangren's name will definitely be on the list. , an actor who has lived a hard life since he was a child and has stepped to the pinnacle of acting, not only won the Golden Horse Awards, Golden Bell Awards, and Taipei Film Awards for his superb acting skills, but also went to Hong Kong to win the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, becoming a real representative of the acting school.

His name may not be as well-known as some of the biggest stars, but when it comes to his acting skills, there is hardly anyone who doesn't praise him. Whether it is the emotional interpretation on the big screen or the complex character creation on the small screen, Wu Kangren can accurately grasp the essence of each role, and easily express the characters with different personalities. Some people say that he is one of the actors with the most "versatile" style among Taiwanese actors, who can not only interpret the image of a righteous and awe-inspiring hero, but also interpret the deep, complex, and even insidious and cunning villain. And all of this comes from the unknown dedication and persistence behind him.

Wu Kangren's growth path was not smooth sailing, and his debut was not early. It can even be said that his acting career started much later than many of his peers - it was not until he was 40 years old that he officially stepped into the entertainment industry. Before that, Wu Kangren's life had experienced various blows and challenges. Growing up in a single-parent family, he began a hard working career as a teenager, as early as junior high school, he began to work as a water and electricity tank welder, a rough construction site worker, a restaurant waiter and other jobs. Before the age of 0, he changed more than 0 different jobs, which undoubtedly allowed him to have more different life experiences and insights, and also accumulated a rich foundation for future character building.

In order to make a living, he worked in a variety of different positions, from construction sites to restaurants, from plumbers to street vendors, Wu Kangren's part-time work experience is unimaginable to many of his peers. Even after the first TV series he starred in "Next Stop, Happiness" gained attention, he still clearly remembered the director who gave him the opportunity - Chen Huiling, Wu Kangren's gratitude to the director stems from his fighting spirit and cherishing acting all the time.

It is this kind of hard work and dedication that makes Wu Kangren's acting skills unique. When it comes to him, many people in the industry will mention one of his characteristics - he is always willing to change himself for the role, no matter what the role requires. From the transformation of appearance to the imitation of behavior, there is almost nothing that Wu Kangren cannot do. In order to play the mute role in the movie "Fudu Youth", he not only successfully lost weight and tanned, but also learned sign language, and finally won the Golden Horse Award for the first time with this work. In order to film, he dared to challenge himself, was not afraid of hard work, and even did not hesitate to change his physical state for the role. In 30, in order to perform the fetish patient in "Termite-Lust Mystery Network", he almost made a living from green vegetables, and his weight dropped to 0 kg; And in the next "Narcotic Storm 0", in order to create the role of a reborn person, he gained 0 kg in one go. Every time he challenges the role, Wu Kangren interprets it as if he is alive, not only to change his appearance, but also to enter the depths of the character's heart. This extreme professionalism has also allowed him to accumulate a high reputation in the hearts of the audience.

But the most talked about thing is that in order to play the role of "Water Boy" in the movie "Scarlo", he lost 11 kilograms, tanned his skin, and realistically expressed the character's hunger and the hardships of lower-class life by kneeling to eat rice and imitating a dog's barking. His spirit of "acting with his life" moved many netizens, and many people called him "an actor who devotes himself to the role". In every work, Wu Kangren has brought a very real emotional impact to the audience, and some people even ridiculed him, saying that he is not just acting, but "living a life".

Wu Kangren was not favored from the beginning. When he first entered the industry, he was also questioned a lot, and even a director once bluntly said to him: "Kangren, you just act well, you can't play the leading actor in your life." Such an evaluation undoubtedly gave him a big blow, but Wu Kangren was not discouraged, but worked harder to break through himself. Every time he faced difficulties and doubts, he maintained a positive attitude and firm belief, and he knew that only through his unremitting efforts could he meet greater challenges.

As Wu Kangren himself said: "We are not the most talented, but we can be the hardest working one." "He proved it with his actions. In 2016, he won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor with the TV series "A Handful of Green", officially becoming an "evergreen" in the entertainment industry, and has been nominated for and awarded the Golden Bell Award many times since then. These achievements are not only the embodiment of his acting skills, but also the result of his perseverance and continuous breakthroughs.

Wu Kangren's story tells us what true perseverance and struggle are. He was not an actor who was favored from the beginning, but with his unremitting efforts, he finally stood on his own stage. Whether as an actor or as an ordinary person, Wu Kangren has used his own experience to interpret a truth - as long as you work hard enough, you can counterattack life and achieve your own legend.