![]() ![]() I had the privilege of working on a show called Kim’s Convenience for a number of years, and similar to this movie, we were hailed from the very beginning as this “groundbreaking show for diversity.” We were the first Asian-Canadian network sitcom, and that kind of informed all of the questions that we received during our press junkets and stuff. Oh my God, I’m sure if you asked my parents, it came from years and years of rebelling against them. didn’t learn about the tweet until after you were cast. This is literally my first rodeo, and it’s pretty incredible. And to see you reacting to it, having seen it. But we’re finally here and it’s so incredible just to see the world reacting to it. I know it’s been a long time coming that date has moved around quite a bit. So it’s pretty incredible the journey that I’ve been on since then, and I can’t believe we’re at this point now where we’re about to share this movie with the world. I was just talking about, like, “Oh yeah, wouldn’t it be nice to get the role of Shang-Chi? Wouldn’t it be nice to win the lottery seven times in a row?” It just seemed that far-fetched at that moment in time. It almost felt like I had planned the whole thing, which of course I didn’t. And then it totally disappeared until half a year later when, all of a sudden, I was cast as Shang-Chi, and then that tweet just kind of resurfaced. I imagine what happened is that some intern running the Marvel Studios Twitter read it and was like, “Who the hell is this guy?” And then just moved on with their life. It still boggles my mind every single day. Then he explains how body paint and Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim played a key role in his pursuit of an acting career. In a recent conversation with THR, Liu also discusses Shang-Chi’s future, his musical ambitions, and the bumps and bruises he attained from Shang-Chi‘s ambitious bus sequence. I thought that was maybe the last time I was going to ever play a superhero, but thankfully, that wasn’t the case.” So I started doing that, and of course, after I got physically assaulted by enough kids, eventually, I kind of lost the joy to put on the suit. I wanted to take every possible opportunity that I could to perform, and these superhero parties paid pretty decently. “It was early on in my acting career, and I wanted to get my reps in. “I was a dress-up Spider-Man for kids’ birthday parties for a while,” Liu recalls. Marvel fans might also be surprised to learn that Shang-Chi is not Liu’s first performance as a Marvel superhero. Knowing that has empowered me to keep going.” I think maybe that has carried through, and I’ve found that the more that I lean in, the more that I talk about these things, rather than not talking about them, the more I hear from people on the street and fans that I’m fortunate enough to interact with, that it’s something that means an incredible amount to them. “So I think it just opened my eyes to what our fight is in Hollywood and in show business, how hard we have to fight for our opportunities and for representation, and how important it is to continue to speak about those things. “We were the first Asian-Canadian network sitcom, and that kind of informed all of the questions that we received during our press junkets and stuff,” Liu explains. ![]() Whether it was the abrupt ending of his sitcom, Kim’s Convenience, or Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s use of the word “ experiment,” Liu isn’t afraid to let the world know how he feels, something he attributes to his rebellious youth and being a lead on an Asian-Canadian sitcom. And just hearing Kevin Feige’s beautiful, booming voice on the other end, telling me that my life was going to change forever, was pretty memorable.” “My dog was napping in my apartment, and I just remember getting a call from an unknown number in Burbank, California. I had just woken up from a nap, and I was in my underwear, eating shrimp crackers,” Liu tells The Hollywood Reporter. ![]() “It was July 16th, 2019, about 6:30 p.m., early evening. 'Barbie' Trailer, Posters Give First Look at Star-Studded Cast of Humans and Dolls ![]()
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