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

Following a struggle with the Dweller-in-Darkness, you’d consider subzero temperatures would be a wander in the park for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu. But not even vanquishing a borderline Lovecraftian entity prepares you for prospective frostbite.

In an special clip from the most recent episode of Nationwide 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 part of Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Emboldened by his operate on Kim’s Convenience, Liu attained a get the job done visa that would make it possible for him to go after a complete-time acting job in Los Angeles. He failed to have much luck until finally 2019, when he acquired a opportunity to audition for “an untitled Marvel task, which I was pretty positive was Shang-Chi,” he states in the online video. Liu provides that his hopes of essentially landing the role weren’t incredibly substantial.

“It was like getting a lottery ticket. The odds ended up so astronomically little. I definitely didn’t count on to listen to again. But I obtained a simply call a few weeks later on from my supervisor and he was like, ‘Look, you ought to uncover your way down to LA, the director would love to satisfy you.’ Understanding that you have a actual opportunity, that’s almost the scariest matter of all…”

Two days soon after conference with Shang-Chi director and co-author Destin Daniel Cretton (and now the director of Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty), Liu received a contact from Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

“[Feige]’s like, ‘I’m about to modify your life’ and he delivers me the position. I feel I yelled, I screamed. And then four times later, I was on a plane to San Diego [for] Comedian-Con and getting introduced in front of the entire globe.”

Test out the clip beneath:

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 direct sequel is on the way from Cretton, who is also really hard at get the job done on a Surprise Gentleman television sequence (no launch date has been specified) Although Shang-Chi’s long run in the MCU is currently not known, the to start with movie’s mid-credits sequence did tease a important cosmic link to the hero’s round weapons of alternative.

Tale continues

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

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