Derek Luh on Gen V, Music, Tattoos, and Acting Career

Journey into Acting

• 🎭 Derek Luh shares that his acting career began unexpectedly after his former agent reached out via Instagram.
• 🎬 He booked his first audition and discovered a passion for acting, describing it as the "acting bug" biting him.
• 💡 He prepared for his role as Jordan Li in "Gen V" by collaborating with London, studying the script, drawing from personal experiences, and using imagination.

Character and Future of Jordan Li

• 🌟 Derek describes Jordan Li as "really [expletive] badass."
• 💖 He envisions Jordan's future storyline involving finding ultimate self-love and self-confidence and reconciling with their father.
• 🎶 If Jordan were to drop a verse, it would be a diss track aimed at VA and Kate.

Music and Creative Pursuits

• 🎤 Derek states he is currently retired from music, despite having pursued it for a long time.
• 🎶 His first concert was a rave, and a song that never leaves his playlist is "Bad Fish" by Sublime.
• 🎨 He mentions that music and art helped him significantly during the latest season of "Gen V."

Personal Insights and Advice

• 🚗 Derek's pet peeve is horrible drivers.
• 💡 He wishes he knew at 19 that everything is going to work out.
• 📚 His advice to his younger self is to love the things you love and not be ashamed of your interests.
• 📺 His ultimate guilty pleasure TV show is "Love Island."
• ✈️ If he could time travel, he would revisit his 18-year-old self.

Industry and Life Reflections

• 💉 Derek has many tattoos, with the butterfly on his chest being for his dad; he is also getting many removed.
• 🎤 His go-to karaoke song, if he had one, would be Usher's "Nice and Slow."
• 💇 He clarifies that the bob in season 2 of "Gen V" was his actual hair, not a wig.
• 📈 He is passionate about investing and trading, advising to only play with what one can afford to lose.
• 🎬 The best advice he received in the industry was to "do it wrong."
• 🌟 He wishes he could sing really well.
• 🍔 His favorite place to eat in LA is In-N-Out.
• 🎬 He teases that the rest of the season of "Gen V" is "absolutely insane."