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As martial arts master Shang-Chi, Liu will be Marvel’s first Asian lead in a movie, and will star opposite Tony Leung as the “real” Mandarin. (As opposed to the fake-out Mandarin played by Ben Kingsley in Iron Man 3.) Provided Marvel can revise some of the more problematic stereotypes of the comic-book Mandarin, the film is a promising step forward for Marvel, both in its diversity and its big-screen franchise commitment to a very obscure comic property that a few years ago would have been an under-supported Netflix series.

The lesson here? It never hurts to ask. Liu, who probably had to do more to get the role than just tweet about it, reacted to his Babe Ruthian shot call about how you might expect anyone to.

“Well shit,” said Liu.

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