Simu Liu trolls 'Shang-Chi' critics with old model shot
"Me laughing at the people who thought we'd flop," the Marvel star joked
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Marvel’s newest face has a way of dealing with Internet trolls.
After some people cast doubts as to whether audiences would get behind an Asian headlining a superhero movie, the studio’s latest star Simu Liu used a photo from his stock image modelling days to herald the success of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
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Sharing a photo of himself alongside two others pointing to a laptop screen and smiling, Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Don't have an account? Create Account The latest entry in Marvel’s ongoing cinematic universe opened last week and took in $90 million in its first four days of release, setting a new high watermark for the holiday weekend. The Toronto-raised Liu also took aim at critics on his Instagram Story LOL-ing at screenshots of YouTube videos predicting the movie would fail. Helmed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi is one of Marvel’s first new movies to follow Avengers: Endgame and centres on a martial artist who is drawn into battle with the mysterious Ten Rings organization. Liu’s days as a stock image model has received new life thanks to the success of Shang-Chi, but the actor has previously spoken about the work. “I did ONE stock photo shoot for 100 bucks cash in 2014… and I have ended up on HUNDREDS of ads and storefronts and pamphlets and textbook covers,” Liu wrote on an Instagram Story. “Moral of the story: Think twice before doing a stock photo shoot because they own the photos FOREVER.” He also noticed himself on the cover for a 2015 QuickBooks accounting manual in 2017. “Call @Alanis Morissette because I just died from irony. I did a stock photo shoot in 2014 and it ended up here. I used to be an accountant,” the Kim’s Convenience star tweeted in 2017. 
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