“I look like a piece of cheese next to Dwayne Johnson. The guy is so big and strong,” Simu Liu, 33, says of his Peoples Choice Award, standing next to The Rock.
the book We were dreaming From Simu Liu, the superhero in Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings By Marvel, it is a New York Times bestseller in the United States. About this he says:
“I used to wear my pants a lot. It wasn’t very attractive, so it felt a little weird that I got the title of Canada’s Sexiest Song in 2018.”
“Through the book, I wanted to tell the story of how my parents and I came from China to America. My father knew very little about America. Just Star Wars and The Sound of Music and KFC was enough for him to emigrate.”
“My parents left me with my grandparents. When I was picked up years later, they had no idea how to take care of me. And I didn’t know them. Like my biological parents adopted. I want this story that other immigrants are not alone.”
Advertising and movies
Simu Liu chose not to passively wait for an agent in Hollywood. He registered with Craigslist and soon began various assignments in the world of advertising and films.
Several series and movies later, he played the Marvel hero in Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Soon it will be in the latest BarbieThe film stars Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie.
The entertaining interview with Simu Liu and Chelsea Handler can be found on Kimmel Live on YouTube and below.
