Watch ‘Shang-Chi’ star Simu Liu recount his MCU journey to Bear Grylls on the side of a mountain

Soon after a struggle with the Dweller-in-Darkness, you would feel subzero temperatures would be a stroll in the park for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings star Simu Liu. But not even vanquishing a borderline Lovecraftian entity prepares you for likely frostbite.

In an exclusive clip from the hottest episode of Countrywide Geographic’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge (premiering August 1), the actor sits down at a crackling campfire in the frigid Canadian Rockies to discus how he landed the coveted purpose of Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Emboldened by his work on Kim’s Usefulness, Liu attained a get the job done visa that would permit him to pursue a complete-time acting occupation in Los Angeles. He didn’t have much luck until 2019, when he acquired a possibility to audition for “an untitled Marvel task, which I was reasonably certain was Shang-Chi,” he states in the video clip. Liu adds that his hopes of actually landing the purpose were not very substantial.

“It was like acquiring a lottery ticket. The odds have been so astronomically modest. I actually failed to be expecting to listen to back again. But I obtained a simply call a few months later on from my manager and he was like, ‘Look, you really should locate your way down to LA, the director would appreciate to fulfill you.’ Being aware of that you have a serious chance, that’s pretty much the scariest factor of all…”

Two times just after conference with Shang-Chi director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton (and now the director of Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty), Liu bought a phone from Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

“[Feige]’s like, ‘I’m about to improve your life’ and he provides me the role. I imagine I yelled, I screamed. And then 4 times afterwards, I was on a plane to San Diego [for] Comedian-Con and acquiring introduced in entrance of the whole globe.”

Examine out the clip below:

Liu’s episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge airs on Countrywide Geographic this Monday (Aug. 1) at 9 p.m. ET.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings can now be streamed on Disney+. A immediate sequel is on the way from Cretton, who is also tough at perform on a Marvel Man television series (no launch date has been specified) Whilst Shang-Chi’s long term in the MCU is now unfamiliar, the initially movie’s mid-credits sequence did tease a major cosmic connection to the hero’s circular weapons of decision.

Tale continues

Marvel Studios’ subsequent outing, She-Hulk: Lawyer at Law, officially premieres on Disney+ Wednesday, Aug. 17.

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