‘SNL’: Simu Liu Talks Journey From Playing Spider-Man At Kids’ Birthday Parties To The History-Making ‘Shang-Chi’ In Opening Monologue

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Simu Liu tonight made his hosting debut on SNL, kicking off his opening monologue with reference to Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the history-making comic book film rele…

“I am officially Marvel’s first openly Chinese superhero. I’m also the first Chinese host onLiu noted that he is in fact Chinese Canadian, saying how happy he is to be atfor its Thanksgiving show. “Now, in Canada, Thanksgiving is actually in October, and marks the start of the harvest season, and here in America, things are a little different,” he explained. “It’s in November, and it marks the start of Black Friday Week on Amazon Prime.

At the time, he recalled, the tweet got about 10 likes, “which was like 10 more than I usually got.” But he worked hard, and five years later, he was After I got the part, I went online and tweeted, ‘Thanks for getting back to me,'” the actor said. “Clearly, I’m Canadian.” Liu added that he “can’t believe” his life right now because just 10 years ago, he had a job dressing up as Spider-Man for kids’ birthday parties.

“I’ll never forget this one birthday boy. His name was Trevor, and I don’t want to say anything bad about him, but let’s just say, he was a real Trevor, kept kicking my shins and screaming, ‘You’re not Spider-Man! You’re not Spider-Man!'”, Liu shared. “Look, I don’t know if you’ve ever been kicked by a seven-year-old while wearing a $30 Walmart Spider-Man suit, but it will break you.”

Even if Liu’s spirit was momentarily broken, he says he found that a fire had been lit under him, at the same time. “re watching, I just want to say, you were right,” tonight’s host saidLiu is joined for tonight’s episode by musical guest Saweetie. Check out the

 

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Had a casual chat during lunch on set w/ SimuLiu when shooting Women is Losers a few years back. Rock on, Simu!

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