We are less than a week away from the release of Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings, Marvel’s latest effort to keep the MCU ready along with COVID and the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame. (You can read our full review right here.) And while Shang-Chi he has no shortage of talent (including Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh and Awkwafina). fallen on star Simu Liu, of whom he went request for the piece on Twitter a few years ago to star in his own Marvel blockbuster.
It’s not that climb, that saw Liu move the (seemingly very controversial) set of his Canadian sitcom Kim’s convenience at the head of the poster a spectacular multimillion-dollar action is any reason to rest, it seems; Liu has his eyes set on carrying Shang-Chi all the way to the top of the MCU’s pecking order. “I know that what I have in my head is the same as what I have in the minds of everyone else. he said in an interview this week with The Hollywood Reporter, “Aand I hope there are Avengers in the future, somewhere ”.
It has now been two years since the most recent (possibly definitive?) (But definitely not definitive) Avengers the film, which forgets the records End of the game, with Marvel itself doing a bit of fun on the whole “Who Can replace Head and Iron Man? “ask with marketing for your next one Eternals. As for that, Liu also makes it clear that he has no future knowledge about any of Kevin Feige and colleagues’ future plans, and noted that “All the media frenzy surrounding one of these properties will be a beast in itself.” and that “WWe’re so focused on shooting this film in the world and making sure people see it. ”“ As long as it’s safe to do so in theaters, ”he noted with consideration..)
Outside of these future ambitions, Liu also detailed the circumstances in which he received Feige’s call about his casting …“I had just woken up from a nap and was in my underwear, eating shrimp cookies ”—and playing his first days in the action trenches, letting himself be painted blue to play an extra Pacific Rim, to be seemingly fair brutalized for a bunch of tweens while playing at a Spider-Man birthday party in an unconvincing Spidey costume: “I don’t really blame many of the kids for not believing that I was the real Spider-Man and I was just doing everything I could to prove that I wasn’t the real Spider-Man, including, among other things: punches , kicking, grabbing and trying to rip the dress off, ”Liu said. “There are still many very traumatic memories of that time.