Simu Liu slams Hollywood for lack of Asian actors on screen

Simu Liu is calling out Hollywood again. He says the industry is failing Asian actors and moving backwards instead of forward.

The actor shared his frustration on Threads. He wrote, “Put some asians in literally anything right now. the amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f*** appalling.”

Simu said studios still treat Asian actors as a “risk.” He fired back at the label by naming films like Minari, Farewell, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Crazy Rich Asians.

All of them earned strong praise and solid box-office numbers starring a number of Asian actors.

He continued, “Every single one a financial success. No asian actor has ever lost a studio even close to 100 million dollars but a white dude will lose 200 million TWICE and roll right into the next tentpole lead. we’re fighting a deeply prejudiced system. and most days it SUCKS.”

This is not the first time Simu has spoken up. In 2023, he replied to a Facebook post claiming he was getting the “bulk of Asian male roles.”

He responded, “Way to attempt to put us against one another… Every thing I have taken post Shang-Chi was not written Asian. We’ve been able to reshape stories to get more representation onscreen.”