Simu Liu weighs in on Hollywood and White supremacy
The actor has opened up about finding his place in Hollywood
Simu Liu is a Chinese-born Canadian actor who has struggled to find his feet in Hollywood as a person of colour.
The actor was born in Harbin, China but later raised in Ontario, Canada where he started his acting career.
While now Simu is an established actor with roles like Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he still believes its a difficult path to walk on.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor described acting career as a “marathon” whose “success is defined by longevity more than just the bigness of a single moment”.
He opened up about observing people around him rise in their careers saying “Seeing firsthand just why a system is made and why a system helps a certain type of actor that, once they get their moment, it becomes infinitely easier for them to get their next and then their next.”
Simu admitted that he is “a little surprised” that he has not been offered any leading roles following the success of Shang-Chi.
“It’s been bittersweet, as someone who is not white, not Black, coming to the reality that a lot of these directors will never hire me. It’s a sobering thought.”, the actor said speaking about the industry.
