Simu Liu knows precisely what you want to talk about when you spot him in the wild, and spoiler alert: it’s not Barbie (though Barbie was a banger). Four years after Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (available with a Disney+ subscription) hit theaters and became an instant fan favorite, the character has been completely MIA from the slate of new Marvel films. No sequel, no cameos, no Ten Rings popping up in mid-credits stingers. And now the man behind the MCU martial artist is finally opening up about how often fans ask him about a Shang-Chi 2.
In a new interview with People, Liu opens up about what it feels like to step back into a new entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, while his fan-favorite solo hero has been completely missing from the franchise for the past four years. The 36-year-old star revealed just how often passersby bring up the absence of his character:
