Shang-Chi star Simu Liu's old stock images are now viral. Internet reacts
India Today
Did you know Simu Liu, the actor who is playing the lead role in Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings film was a Shutterstock model? Well, social media users have unearthed a slew of old pictures from his modelling days and they have gone viral in no time.
Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has released and the audience cannot stop raving about it. The 25th film of the Marvel universe is not only a box-office success, but is special for another reason as well. Simu Liu, the actor who’s playing the lead role in the film, is the first-ever Asian superhero of the fantasy film world, playing Shang-Chi, the martial arts master. However, before venturing into acting, the actor worked as a model for Shutterstock and his old pictures have been unearthed by the Internet. Me laughing at the people who thought we’d flop pic.twitter.com/7UoLqRXlCJ all the shang chi ones pic.twitter.com/ssGcfLmw2O Got paid 120 bucks and signed away all my rights to them because I was in credit card debt. Now they are everywhere. pic.twitter.com/8VCdTua3rb pic.twitter.com/HvynkEYgfr pic.twitter.com/ecg5DNOx9a All these photos real lol I thought somebody just photoshop him into everything lol #simuliu #shangchi pic.twitter.com/vnkBXVkLYU It would have been funny to have Shang chi be a stock photo model as one his odd jobs in the movie. pic.twitter.com/mh1M5h9w0E They have entered the meme world #ShangChi #SimuLiuMemed This is the greatest thread ever This just made my day You did god’s work. These Simu moments are so good . Everytime, it’s like There’s Simu! Ah there he is smiling! Simu Liu’s stock photos have gone crazy viral all over social media and have become a centre point for some light but extremely funny memes. Netizens were in splits and even the actor couldn’t help himself from taking part in the memefest.
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