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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

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It has “affected me on a subconscious level to this day”, he says. “I generally think it’s better to bring these moments into the light and talk about them. It wasn’t to make my parents look bad but it was to say: ‘We were an imperfect family and this is what happened to us. And we’re telling our story in the hope that other families will not make the same mistakes.’”

Yang, Rachel (11 March 2023). " 'Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens' K-drama episode wants to showcase 'hot Asian masculinity' ". EW.com . Retrieved 21 November 2023. Resentment, acceptance, gratitude: The paradox facing Australian children of 'tiger' parents". TheGuardian.com. 2 July 2022.Davis, Erin (28 February 2017). "Move Over, Oscars: Canada's Finest Talent Inspired at the ACTRA Awards". Toronto Guardian . Retrieved 20 September 2019. Eventually, they would both become successful aerospace engineers in Canada, but it took huge sacrifices and risks. In his early years, Liu was brought up by his grandparents in Harbin, a city in north-east China; his mother worked in Beijing, and his father had already gone first to the US, then to Canada to do a PhD. His mother would soon join him, supplementing their scholarship money with dish-washing jobs. Clay, Chris (27 October 2016). "Mississauga-raised actor stars in Kim's Convenience, lands role in NBC's Taken | Mississauga.com". Mississauga.com . Retrieved 6 July 2017. Tinoco, Armando (12 August 2022). "Saturn Awards Nominations: The Batman, Nightmare Alley, Spider-Man, Better Call Saul Top List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 16 August 2022.

In 2018, he appeared in the science fiction television series The Expanse [21] [22]and Wong Fu Productions' YouTube series Yappie. [23] 2019–present: Recent work and Marvel Cinematic Universe [ edit ] Liu on The Beaverton in 2019 Watch Homer Go Down a Conspiracy Hole as 'The Simpsons' Season 34 Opener Pays Homage to 'Don't F**k with Cats' (EXCLUSIVE)". 23 September 2022. Discography [ edit ] Singles [ edit ] List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Grobar, Matt (14 September 2021). " 'Bright: Samurai Soul' Trailer, Premiere Date: Simu Liu Cast In Netflix Anime Film Based On David Ayer's 'Bright' ". Canada's Most Beautiful 2018: See who made the list!". Hello! Canada. 25 June 2018 . Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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The book is also a reconciliation story to an extent: Liu’s parents left him in the care of his grandparents in China as a toddler, while they went to Canada to set up a better future for the family. By the time Liu reunited with his family in Toronto, he was four years old and, as the publisher notes explain, “emotionally distant and difficult to relate to… separated by culture, language and values.” Simu Liu and Tina Jung, Behind the Scenes of Meeting Mommy | Ricepaper Magazine". 22 March 2018 . Retrieved 31 July 2023. In September 2021, it was revealed that Liu will lead the English-language voice cast of Bright: Samurai Soul, a Netflix anime film which premiered on 12 October. [32] In February 2022, Liu joined the cast of Greta Gerwig's Barbie film for Warner Bros. [33] and thriller film Hello Stranger directed by April Mullen. [34] Through a swath of rejection and comical mishaps, Simu's determination to carve out a path for himself leads him to not only succeed as an actor, but also to open the door to reconciling with his parents.

David Friend, "Actor Simu Liu to host first outdoor Juno Awards at Toronto's Budweiser Stage in May". The Globe and Mail, 2 February 2022. Shafer, Ellise (11 November 2021). "Simu Liu, Jude Hill, Greig Fraser Among Honorees at Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021 . Retrieved 6 September 2022. He’d had success in Canada, and had landed a role in Kim’s Convenience, about a Korean-Canadian family, but when he went to LA to try to audition for bigger parts he found the attitudes were different. One influential agent turned him down, saying she already represented an Asian-American actor, implying there wasn’t room for two. “I guarantee you it happens still to this day,” he says with a grim smile. In 2015, Liu was cast in his first significant recurring role, appearing as a series regular in seven episodes of the Omni Television crime drama series Blood and Water (2015–2016). He would later receive his first award nominations for this role at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. [17] Liu in 2016In 2016, Liu was cast in a recurring role as the ex- CIA analyst Faaron, loosely modeled on real-life ex-analyst Rodney Faraon, in the NBC prequel series Taken based on the film franchise starring Liam Neeson. [19]

Later in 2015, Liu was cast in his first main role as Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience, [18] a TV adaptation of the play of the same name. It remains his most notable television success to date, with the series being nominated for and winning multiple awards internationally, including Best Comedy Series at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards and "Most Popular Foreign Drama" at the 2019 Seoul International Drama Awards. Liu starred in the series until its conclusion in 2021. Canada's Most Beautiful 2017: See who made the list!". Hello! Canada. 18 May 2017 . Retrieved 20 March 2018. The star of Marvel’s first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his own identity, becoming a TV star, and landing the role of a lifetime. Fresh Off the Boat': 'Kim's Convenience's' Simu Liu Drops by 100th". Entertainment Tonight. 29 March 2019 . Retrieved 4 November 2019.He also found that roles for actors with Asian heritage were limited, and some of those he was getting reinforced racist typecasting. People weren’t “having those political conversations” in the way they are now. “In the beginning, if I was a stunt guy who got beaten up by one of the white male characters, I was over the moon.” It was, he says, probably similar to what his parents felt arriving in Canada. “Survival mode. Figure out a way to get on sets, figure out a way to work, that was it.” Shaftesbury | Slasher wraps production on Season 2". shaftesbury.ca. 8 May 2017 . Retrieved 2 October 2017.

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