This is a tale of a few tweets. “Shang-Chi” star Simu Liu was practically giddy with excitement as he posed on the red carpet outside the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood ahead of the world premiere…
was practically giddy with excitement as he posed on the red carpet outside the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood ahead of the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ first Asian-led superhero film., asking them to “ask me a question so I don’t start to fixate on the nerves and the anxiety and the insecurity.” The roller-coaster of emotions is largely understandable given that starring in a Marvel film is a major moment in the career of any actor.
“Because we’ve been celebrating a lot of firsts in our community — when ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ came out three years ago, we celebrated that as the first studio movie with a predominantly Asian cast in almost 25 years,” Liu continued. “I’m looking forward to the moment where we no longer celebrate firsts. We’re celebrating seconds, and thirds, and fourths, and fifths. So I’ll take this moment for what it is. It is absolutely that watershed moment.
The moment has been a long time coming for Liu, who famously won the role after cheekily tweeting to Marvel a few times about the part. Granted, Liu’s most famous tweet — “OK @Marvel, are we gonna talk or what #ShangChi” — wasn’t read by studio executives until after he’d already snagged the role, but at Monday night’s premiere, questions lingered about a different social post.
Over the weekend, the actor appeared to take umbrage with Disney CEO Bob Chapek saying the theatrical-only release strategy for “Shang-Chi” would be “an interesting experiment” during a Thursday earnings call with investors. Despite rising COVID-19 concerns, the movie, which debuts Sept. 3, will get a 45-day theatrical release before launching on Disney plus., Liu tweeted: “We are not the experiment. We are the underdog; the underestimated. We are the ceiling-breakers.
He continued: “And it just shows the world just how much I, and we all, believe in this movie and how incredible it’s going to be. It’s truly going to change the world.”, the movie boasts a star-studded and almost exclusively Asian cast — starring Liu and
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