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Canadian actor Simu Liu cast as Marvel's first Chinese superhero, Shang-Chi
The star of CBC's Kim's Convenience revealed as new lead at Comic-Con in San Diego
Zulekha Nathoo · CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2019 9:18 PM ET
The star of CBC's Kim's Convenience revealed as new lead at Comic-Con in San Diego
Zulekha Nathoo · CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2019 9:18 PM ET
Liu was screen tested just a week ago and found out he was cast on Tuesday — two days before Comic-Con began.
"I feel like I was kind of this social experiment," Liu joked with the audience. "Let's just take this guy, an ordinary guy, living in Toronto. Let's tell him he's going to be in the next Marvel movie and give him four days to prep for it.
"This is just the craziest, craziest, dream."