We saw David Carradine, who is not of Asian descent, playing an Asian man on the show 'Kung Fu' that originally should have, and was developed for, Bruce Lee. To have that be the legacy that quote-unquote inspired 'Shang-Chi' in… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I grew up loving Jackie Chan and Jet Li and certainly Bruce Lee. But as I got older, I started to question: Is that all we have? — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Shrimp crackers are actually exactly what I was eating when I got the call that I was going to play Shang-Chi. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
What I've always really appreciated about MCU superheroes versus elsewhere is that they are trying to disrupt the idea of what a superhero can… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Was I a Jackie Chan-level martial arts master? Absolutely not! Not by any stretch of the imagination. I'm an actor. I'm a performer. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
All around me, I saw people who were taught by their parents, as I was, to just toe the line, not ruffle the feathers,… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I might be tweeting a lot of things in the future, some of which will be absolute idiocy. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
If I were to fight one Marvel superhero, I think I would fight Captain America. We would start all aggressive and then both realise… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
The first set I ended up on was Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' that was shooting in Toronto and they needed a bunch of… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Things like 'following your passion' and 'finding your creative outlets' didn't mean anything to me because I didn't have that area of my brain. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Every community should have a superhero. And the truth is, for many of us in the Asian community, we didn't grow up with that. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I definitely dabbled and had done a number of stunt jobs in which I was doing fighting. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
There is a reason why kung fu caught fire and the world became obsessed with it, because it's incredible to watch. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It was, like,… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
