Images of Simu Liu’s models before he became famous went viral after his star turn in Marvel’s new movie “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”.
Liu talked about the footage (for which he worked as a construction worker, Zumba class assistant, working in an office, and more) on Friday’s episode of “The Tonight Show”.
The concert was a world away from the “international prestige” of the track, host Jimmy Fallon said.
Liu worked just one day and earned a flat fee of $ 100, he recalled.
“They have the rights to the photos they take in perpetuity, which is very, very important,” Liu explained. “It means the rights are never exhausted, which means they could sell these photos and earn them millions and millions of dollars and the talent wouldn’t see a penny. So that’s what happened to me.”
It is a point that Liu has pointed out before:
The door is open to share the hundreds of thousands of dollars you made from these photos because they paid me a hundred dollars
– Simu Liu (@Simu Liu) September 7, 2021
However, Liu took good care of the images and memes that have inspired them. Watch the video here: