Who is Simu Liu, the star of Marvel's Shang-Chi? She has good martial arts skills and a great body

On July 21, Marvel announced at the 2019 SDCC event that it had selected Simu Liu to star in the first solo Chinese superhero film, Shang-Chi. The film will be released in North America on February 12, 2021. Tony Leung will play the villain "Mandarin" in the film. The first question many fans had was, "Who is Simu Liu? How did he get to play such an important role?"

Marvel had previously publicly announced that the actor for this role must be Chinese American, of Chinese descent, but the character must speak fluent American English in the film. Judging from Simu Liu's background, he meets this requirement. Not only can he act, he has also worked as a screenwriter, producer and director. He is also muscular and has good martial arts skills.

At the event, Simu Liu introduced himself in Chinese, saying, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Simu Liu. I was born in Harbin and grew up in Toronto. Today, I am very, very grateful to Marvel for giving me this opportunity to play Shang-Chi." He also revealed in English that he had just auditioned in New York last Sunday and was confirmed to play Shang-Chi on Tuesday. Everything was so incredible and a dream come true. It can be heard that Simu Liu speaks English more fluently than Chinese because he immigrated early.

Simu Liu was born in Harbin, China in 1989. He immigrated to Canada with his family when he was 5 years old. He started working in the entertainment industry in 2012 and has played many unknown small roles. Since he has not entered the mainland Chinese entertainment industry, most mainland audiences are very unfamiliar with him.

His representative works in his early years include the American TV series "Nikita" and "The Expanse Season 3". In 2016, he gradually became famous for starring in the American TV series "Kim's Convenience". In 2017, he participated in the American TV series "Taken", which was adapted from the movie of the same name.

Simu Liu is not only an actor, but also a screenwriter, producer and director. He has directed two short films, including Open Gym, and starred and produced the short film Meeting Mommy, which was shortlisted for the NBC short film semifinals. Simu Liu also served as a screenwriter for the American TV series Blood and Water, and was mainly responsible for the writing of one episode.

In addition to his acting career, Simu Liu has also made great achievements in martial arts and stunt training. Looking at his muscular body, one can imagine that he is a capable fighter.

Interestingly, some netizens dug up a tweet from Simu Liu in March 2018. At that time, the casting of “Shang-Chi” was a hot topic on the internet. Simu Liu tagged Marvel hoping to talk about the movie, but he didn’t expect to be selected!