Shang-Chi star Simu Liu slams cancellation of Kim’s Convenience, news of spin-off
Simu Liu, the star of Canadian sitcom Kim's Convenience and whom we'll soon see every bit Shang-Chi in the upcoming Marvel superhero movie, has permit loose his feelings near the TV series' cancellation. This comes after the terminal flavor of the evidence dropped on Netflix in the US.
Liu wrote in a lengthy Facebook mail on Wednesday (Jun 2) that he was feeling a "host of emotions" about the series ending after flavor 5, and not season six as was originally planned. (The show's producers decided to end the series after the departure of two showrunners, Ins Choi and Kevin White.)
He too revealed his mixed feelings about the planned spin-off, which will focus on the Shannon character, played past Nicole Power. Liu's character, Jung, was dating Shannon in Kim'southward Convenience.
Liu wrote: "I love and am proud of Nicole, and I desire the prove to succeed for her... but I remain resentful of all of the circumstances that led to the one non-Asian character getting her own evidence. And non that they would ever inquire, but I will adamantly refuse to reprise my role in whatsoever capacity."
The 32-year-old actor also refuted claims that he would non accept participated in the sixth season of the testify because of his Curiosity fame.
"This could not be further from the truth. I dear this evidence and everything it stood for. I saw firsthand how profoundly information technology impacted families and brought people together. It's truly SO RARE for a show today to have such an impact on people, and I wanted very desperately to make the schedules work."
Another gripe he touched on was the lack of opportunities for the actors in the series to develop their characters, and likewise that the writer's room "lacked both E Asian and female person representation" with the only Korean voice being Choi.
"I can appreciate that the bear witness is nonetheless a hit and is enjoyed past many people. But I remain fixated on the missed opportunities to show Asian characters with real depth and the power to grow and evolve," he wrote.
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He also admitted that at that place were times that he and the other bandage members did non get forth, which, he said, breaks him because "I recollect we all individually were And so committed to the success of the show and And then aware of how fortunate we all were". However, he wrote, "We only all had dissimilar ideas on how to get there".
Liu ended his post by proverb that while he's saddened that the audience won't get to watch the characters again, he even so believes in what the show once stood for – "a shining example of what tin can happen when the gates come down and minorities are given a run a risk to shine".
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/shang-chi-star-simu-liu-slams-cancellation-kim-s-convenience-248756
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