{"id":409480,"date":"2026-01-13T04:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409480\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:12:11","slug":"doomsday-star-simu-liu-reveals-the-biggest-change-to-shang-chi-since-we-last-saw-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409480\/","title":{"rendered":"DOOMSDAY Star Simu Liu Reveals The Biggest Change To Shang-Chi Since We Last Saw Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Avengers: Doomsday will put the spotlight on characters from the MCU&#8217;s past, present, and\u2014possibly\u2014future. Some of the movie&#8217;s leads were\u00a0seen fairly recently, while others have been absent from our screens for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Simu Liu&#8217;s Shang-Chi falls into the latter category. The Master of the Martial Arts has been sidelined since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was released in 2021, but Avengers: Doomsday will allow him to finally step back into the spotlight (likely as a member of Captain America&#8217;s Avengers).<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/movies\/news\/how-shang-chi-has-changed-in-avengers-doomsday-revealed-by-simu-liu-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ComicBook.com<\/a>, Liu was asked how his MCU character has evolved, given that it will be more than half a decade since we last saw him in action by this December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think time. He\u2019s older. I think I\u2019m older, so getting to bring a little bit more of a quality of self-assurance is always great, especially because Shang was such a fish out of water,&#8221;\u00a0the actor shared.\u00a0&#8220;There\u2019s a little bit of a jump in time, so I think we\u2019ll meet him at a place where he\u2019s feeling a little more lived in with who he is and his responsibilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cautious about giving too much away, Liu explained why he&#8217;s watching what he says when it comes to Avengers: Doomsday. &#8220;I never know when something I say is going to get picked up into a soundbite,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;I think I was freezing cold on the rooftop of the Empire State Building, and <a href=\"https:\/\/comicbookmovie.com\/avengers\/avengers-doomsday\/avengers-doomsday-star-shares-surprising-reaction-to-their-new-mcu-costume-this-is-not-the-same-at-all-a225656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">they were like, &#8216;What about his costume?&#8217;\u00a0And I was like, &#8216;Oh, it\u2019s new.'&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just became an unstoppable maelstrom of messed-up lines,&#8221; Liu continued.\u00a0&#8220;I am very reserved about what to say about it now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even after four teaser trailers, fans are eager for any new bit of intel they can get about Avengers: Doomsday, so it&#8217;s hardly surprising that whatever the movie&#8217;s cast says is receiving so much attention. As we&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ll remember, Nightcrawler actor Alan Cumming got into trouble with Marvel Studios just for hinting at a battle between his teleporting mutant and Pedro Pascal&#8217;s Mister Fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>A Shang-Chi sequel doesn&#8217;t appear to be a major priority for Marvel Studios, and it seems likely that the character will be relegated to being a supporting player in future MCU projects. In 2021, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings grossed $432 million worldwide, a notable achievement considering moviegoers were still hesitant to return to theatres due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Russo Brothers direct\u00a0Avengers: Doomsday\u00a0from a screenplay by Stephen McFeely, with whom they previously collaborated on the\u00a0Avengers\u00a0and\u00a0Captain America\u00a0franchises.\u00a0Loki\u00a0and\u00a0Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness&#8217;s Michael Waldron is also working on the script.<\/p>\n<p>Avengers: Doomsday\u00a0is set to be released on December 18, with\u00a0Avengers: Secret Wars\u00a0scheduled to arrive on December 17, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avengers: Doomsday will put the spotlight on characters from the MCU&#8217;s past, present, and\u2014possibly\u2014future. 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