Simu Liu Slams Hollywood For 'Backslide' In Asian Representation: 'F**king Appalling'
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The Marvel star says studios view Asian-led films as "risky" despite the numerous films from recent years that were critically acclaimed box office hits.
Simu Liu says Asians in Hollywood are “fighting a deeply prejudiced system.”
The actor became the first Asian to lead a superhero film with Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021), and while it grossed more than $432 million worldwide and broke records for a Labor Day release, Liu said Hollywood is already changing course.
The China-born actor wrote Sunday on Threads in response to various articles about Asian representation in Hollywood, “Put some asians in literally anything right now. The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f**king appalling. Studios think we are ‘risky.’”
Liu countered that notion by citing several Asian-led hits, including “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018), “Farewell” (2019), “Minari” (2020), “Past Lives” (2023) and “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which won seven Academy Awards in 2023, including Best Picture.
Liu noted Sunday about that roster, “every single one a financial success.”
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