Simu Liu is on the cover of Bay Street Bull Magazine‘s Fall 2019 issue, out now.
Here’s what the 30-year-old Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings actor and Marvel‘s first Asian superhero had to say…
On reactions to the announcement: “I don’t know what I was expecting, but everybody that I talked to was very open. I especially appreciated Tom Hiddleston. We got in the elevator together to go to the green room and I was like, ‘Hey, man. I’m such a huge fan of yours.’ He had no idea who I was. So, I was like, ‘I’m going to play Shang-Chi.’ And he was like, ‘Oh man. Amazing. Welcome!’ Me being me, and being such a huge Loki fan, I asked him for any words of advice or wisdom.
On Tom Hiddleston’s advice: “He told me, ‘Don’t be afraid to put yourself into the role. Don’t be afraid to contribute your ideas and your thoughts because the wrong thing to do in this situation would be to show up to work and ask other people what is required of you.’ He said, ‘If I want anything for you, it would be to charge head-first into this and not be afraid to commit, pitch ideas, and be totally unapologetic in doing so.’ I found that so useful. I’ve been living by those words ever since. It’s just this idea of being proactive rather than letting this opportunity run me over.”
On what the role means to him: “I’ve always had a special attachment to superheroes. They’re like the modern-day equivalent of Greek heroes and almost transcend culture. The fact that we now have an Asian character who is among that pantheon, and not just in an auxiliary way, but really his own character with his own movie, I think, is extremely profound. I just think back to what it was like for me growing up and not having somebody like that to, for example, dress up as for Halloween. It sounds absurd, but I truly think that when you don’t see yourself represented in that way, it can really affect your idea of what is possible for you.”
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