“No Asian actor has ever lost”: Simu Liu Blasts White Actors Over Asian Representation

Marvel star Simu Liu just called out Asian representation in Hollywood in one of the most direct ways possible. On the social media platform Threads, Simu Liu revealed that Asian actors do not have the luxury of starring in a failed movie, unlike “a white dude”.

The actor went on to talk about the absence of funding for Asian-led movies and how Hollywood studios often think that the movies might be risky business.

Put some Asians in literally anything right now. The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f*cking appalling. Studios think we are risky…

He continued,

No Asian actor has ever lost a studio even close…