{"id":2178279,"date":"2025-11-26T23:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178279"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:27:05","slug":"simu-liu-slams-hollywood-for-backslide-in-asian-representation-fking-appalling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/simu-liu-slams-hollywood-for-backslide-in-asian-representation-fking-appalling\/","title":{"rendered":"Simu Liu Slams Hollywood For ‘Backslide’ In Asian Representation: ‘F**king Appalling’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Simu Liu<\/a> says Asians<\/a> in Hollywood<\/a> are \u201cfighting a deeply prejudiced system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The actor became the first Asian to lead a superhero film with Marvel<\/a>\u2019s \u201cShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/a>\u201d (2021), and while it grossed more than $432 million<\/a> worldwide and broke records for a Labor Day release<\/a>, Liu said Hollywood is already changing course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The China-born actor wrote Sunday on Threads<\/a> in response to various articles about Asian representation in Hollywood, \u201cPut some asians in literally anything right now. The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f**king appalling. Studios think we are \u2018risky.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Liu countered that notion by citing several Asian-led hits, including \u201cCrazy Rich Asians\u201d (2018), \u201cFarewell\u201d (2019), \u201cMinari\u201d (2020), \u201cPast Lives\u201d (2023) and \u201cEverything Everywhere All at Once,\u201d which won seven Academy Awards in 2023, including Best Picture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Liu noted Sunday about that roster, \u201cevery single one a financial success.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He continued, \u201cNo 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\u2019re fighting a deeply prejudiced system. And most days it SUCKS.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Liu was responding to a post compiled by another user, who shared screenshots of various articles about on-screen representation that featured comments from other Asian male actors \u2014 including Manny Jacinto<\/a>, John Cho<\/a> and Daniel Dae Kim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHollywood, put more Asian men in romantic lead roles,\u201d the user demanded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Liu himself has been similarly outspoken over the years, and not just in regard to on-screen representation. The 36-year-old slammed Oscar-winning filmmakers<\/a> Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino in 2022 for their various<\/a> criticisms of Marvel movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Liu has also used social media to speak out against right-wing politics<\/a>, and told Variety<\/a> earlier this month that he \u201cprobably should be more scared\u201d of the backlash. He added at the time that \u201cthere\u2019s something about the internet\u201d that just seems to drive people \u201ccrazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s something about the publicness of it and where people love being the guy to put someone else down [or] put an entire group of people down,\u201d Liu continued. \u201cI am so not for that energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n