Simu Liu is fiercely defending superhero movies.
In a new interview, the 36-year-old actor, who starred in Marvels’ 2021 movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, said that he believes that superhero movies have fallen out of style for some critics and fans.
Keep reading to find out more…“It’s kind of fashionable now to hate on it,” Simu told Variety, adding, “I think there are valid critiques of the way that movies are made, the way that production budgets are handled. I think that there are a lot of valid things to say.”
He went on to say that he doesn’t want projects based on comic books to stop completely.
“This idea of s—ting on superhero movies as a genre? I don’t know,” Simu said. “I don’t know, because I am speaking as somebody who just absolutely loved watching them as a kid.”
Simu will be reprising his role as Shang-Chi in Avengers: Doomsday, which is scheduled to hit theaters on December 18, 2026. The cast also includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Anthony Mackie, and Florence Pugh.
“It was really awesome, exciting,” Simu said of shooting Doomsday. “So many actors that I grew up watching, and to get to kind of play in that sandbox with them… it’s a dream come true.”
“I grew up watching superhero movies and wanting to believe that the outcasts and the nerds and the weirdos could find it in themselves to have superpowers and save the day,” he continued. “That’s what 12-year-old me clung on to. I still believe, for better or for worse, in the power of what those movies stand for today.”
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