“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star Simu Liu has strongly defended superhero movies.
The 36-year-old actor says he is aware the genre has fallen out of style with critics and some fans following a glut of product and some mixed results.
Liu’s own “Shang-Chi” film is considered one of the best post-“Avengers: Endgame” film efforts from Marvel, but a sequel hasn’t materialised despite being in the works for several years.
Speaking with Variety about a new project, the actor touched upon the ‘superhero fatigue’ argument:
“It’s kind of fashionable now to hate on it. 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.
This idea of s—ting on superhero movies as a genre? I don’t know. I don’t know, because I am speaking as somebody who just absolutely loved watching them as a kid.
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.
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.”
Liu will be reprising his Shang-Chi role in “Avengers: Doomsday” next year, and of that project says: “It was really awesome, exciting. 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.”
“Avengers: Doomsday” is scheduled to hit theaters on December 18th 2026.
