Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu discusses his random 2018 tweet that may have lead to his Marvel casting
Just days before his highly-anticipated Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings hits theaters, Simu Liu is opening up about the tweet that may have started it all.
Liu, 32, was best known for his roles on the small screen such as the Canadian series Kim's Convenience and NBC's Taken before he landed the title role in this Marvel superhero adventure.
With the movie arriving in theaters on Friday, Liu also spoke about a tweet he sent to Marvel back in 2018 in an interview with USA Today, which may or may not have lead to his casting.
Tweet: Just days before his highly-anticipated Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings hits theaters, Simu Liu is opening up about the tweet that may have started it all
Back in December 2018, Marvel had hired Dave Callaham (The Expendables) to write the script with the studio fast-tracking the development.
Liu seemingly responded to the news in his own way, taking to his Twitter, where he had, 'like 500 followers,' and essentially told Marvel he's interested in the role.
'OK @Marvel, are we gonna talk or what,' he said, adding the hashtag #ShangChi to his tweet.
Interested: Liu seemingly responded to the news in his own way, taking to his Twitter, where he had, 'like 500 followers,' and essentially told Marvel he's interested in the role
'I just tweeted it out into the ether because I love superhero movies,' Liu said in the interview.
'It's great that I'm getting all the credit now retroactively for getting it right, but I'm sure there are thousands of tweets if you go back far enough of me not getting it right or predicting the future totally incorrectly,' he added.
Director Destin Daniel Cretton was hired to take the helm of Shang-Chi in March 2019.
Love: 'I just tweeted it out into the ether because I love superhero movies,' Liu said in the interview
Credit: 'It's great that I'm getting all the credit now retroactively for getting it right, but I'm sure there are thousands of tweets if you go back far enough of me not getting it right or predicting the future totally incorrectly,' he added
The studio started casting in the summer of 2019, with Liu officially cast on July 16, and a few days later, Liu added another tweet to his December 2018 tweet.
'Well s**t,' he said on July 20, 2019, when he was still a virtual unknown. Now he boasts 368K Twitter followers and over 700K Instagram followers.
Still, director Cretton isn't sure the tweet actually lead to an audition, though he does admit it's a great story.
Casting: The studio started casting in the summer of 2019, with Liu officially cast on July 16, and a few days later, Liu added another tweet to his December 2018 tweet
Cast: 'Well s**t,' he said on July 20, 2019, when he was still a virtual unknown. Now he boasts 368K Twitter followers and over 700K Instagram followers
'I don't think anybody at Marvel saw that tweet,' the director said, though he admitted, 'It’s a great story so I'm not gonna try to stamp it out.'
'But I also really do believe in putting things out there and saying you're going to get this thing and really going for it,' Cretton admitted.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings hits theaters nationwide on Friday, September 3.
Marvel: 'I don't think anybody at Marvel saw that tweet,' the director said, though he admitted, 'It’s a great story so I'm not gonna try to stamp it out'
Believe: 'But I also really do believe in putting things out there and saying you're going to get this thing and really going for it,' Cretton admitted
Theaters: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings hits theaters nationwide on Friday, September 3
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