(From L in both photos) Actor-director Stephen Fung, actress Shu Qi, and actor Daniel Wu. Photo from Wu's Instagram |
"26 years later...the photo on the left was taken while the three of us were promoting our film ‘Bishonen.’ It was Stephen’s and my first film," Wu captioned a collage on his Instagram that includes a promotional photo from 1998 and a recent snapshot. "The picture on the right was taken this summer."
"Kind of awesome how not that much has changed except that we have some white hairs and that the two on the left [Fung and Shu Qi] are now married to each other."
In response, Fung humorously commented on Wu’s post: "Can you crop yourself out please?"
Comments from the public on the post highlighted Shu Qi’s seemingly unchanged appearance, with one Instagram user remarking: "Shu Qi doesn’t look like her age, just like the same as before."
"Shu Qi aged like a fine wine," another commented.
At 50, Shu Qi began her career in the entertainment industry as a teenager, initially in softcore pornography films.
She received attention from prominent directors in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the mid-1990s and rose to fame with starring roles in films such as "Viva Erotica" in 1996 and "Bishonen."
Her roles in "The Transporter" and "So Close" in 2002, "Three Times" in 2005, "My Wife Is a Gangster 3" in 2006, and "Love" in 2012 enhanced her international profile.
In 2023, she served as a jury member in the main competition at the Venice International Film Festival. Her jury service at major European film festivals, including Berlin in 2008 and Cannes in 2009, positions her as the third female artist of Chinese descent to judge at the three major European film festivals, following actresses Gong Li and Maggie Cheung.
Alongside his acting, Fung, 50, has also pursued careers as a singer, writer, and film director.
The pair first met on the set of "Bishonen." After years of friendship, they became a couple and eventually wed in 2016.
Wu, 50, is an actor and filmmaker renowned for his "flexible and distinctive" performances in the Chinese-language film industry.