The first Asian superhero movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be released on September 3, 2021 This story was updated on June 25, 2021
Additional reporting by Brian Cheong
It’s been nearly two years since Marvel officially cast Kim’s Convenience star, Simu Liu for the first Asian superhero movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Today, we got the second official trailer—and did we mention you get to see the actor doing his own stunts? The new trailer also gives us our first look at Michelle Yeoh's character Jiang Nan while Tony Leung's The Mandarin gets to show off the power of the 10 rings.
The movie stars Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, a young martial artist who spent his childhood training to be an assassin under his father Wenwu a.k.a. The Mandarin of the Ten Rings terrorist organisation. Asian-American actress, Awkwafina plays Katy, Shang-Chi’s close friend who isn’t aware of his martial arts skills and background.
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"The core of Shang-Chi's arc in the comics is really a family drama," producer Jonathan Schwartz told Entertainment Weekly. "That was something that Destin keyed into really early on in our conversations, the idea of taking this broken family and this really dark, even abusive family background and seeing what that does to a child over time."
For a movie about the most skilled martial artist in the world, Liu had to spend hours training to fit into his role. And since Shang-Chi’s superhero outfit doesn’t come with a mask, Liu had to take his own stunts a lot of the time—a win for all the Simu fans around the world.
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