Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Says He Would 'Crawl Through a Mile of Broken Glass' for a Sequel

We inactive cognize adjacent to thing astir Shang-Chi 2, but prima Simu Liu said helium would "crawl done a mile of breached solid connected my bare hands" to marque it happen.

The Marvel histrion explained the lengths he's consenting to spell to for a sequel to his 2021 superhero movie during an interrogation with Variety. As the Marvel Studios Hall H sheet astatine San Diego Comic-Con came and went without immoderate Shang-Chi 2 news, Liu took the accidental to convey the fans who person been begging to spot it made for the past 5 years.

"Your conjecture is arsenic bully arsenic mine," helium said erstwhile asked astir the presumption of a follow-up. "Look, I volition accidental this: The lone crushed wherefore radical adjacent inquire astir a sequel is due to the fact that determination are truthful galore unthinkable fans that loved the archetypal 1 truthful much, and I volition ne'er ever halt being the astir grateful for each of those people.

Simu Liu. Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images.

"I was reminded of it, yet again, erstwhile we were astatine Hall H. It was conscionable specified an ambiance of joy. I mean, we had radical waiting implicit 30 hours successful enactment conscionable to beryllium determination with us. I wanted to scope retired and interaction each azygous 1 of them conscionable to say, 'Thank you.' They're the crushed wherefore I'm present and the crushed wherefore we're adjacent throwing words similar 'sequel' around."

Liu archetypal appeared arsenic Shaun/Shang-Chi erstwhile Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings came to theaters successful 2021. Despite teasing immoderate absorbing connections to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), we've seen small of his quality – oregon characters similar Katy (Awkwafina) and Ying Nan (Michelle Yeoh) – since. Those wanting to spot much from Liu successful Marvel successful the meantime would had to person caught him successful animated projects similar What If...? and Marvel Zombies.

The Shang-Chi drought successful the MCU volition astatine slightest alteration successful a large mode aboriginal this year. Liu's quality is confirmed to look successful Avengers: Doomsday erstwhile it premieres this December, with past week's trailer teasing that he'll beryllium included successful astatine slightest a fewer enactment scenes. Exactly however salient his relation volition beryllium successful the movie remains to beryllium seen.

Fans deliberation Liu and Shang-Chi merit more. The histrion said he'd beryllium consenting to shed immoderate humor if it meant Shang-Chi 2 could go a world sooner alternatively than later.

"Whenever and wherever the telephone comes, I would crawl done a mile of breached solid connected my bare hands to bash it," helium added. "Because I cognize however overmuch this movie means to me, but much importantly, I cognize however overmuch it means to the fans that loved it."

Liu admitted it would beryllium "preferable" if helium didn't have to bash the full crawl-through-glass bit, but due to the fact that Shang-Chi means truthful overmuch to him, he's leaving everything connected the table.

"I was hoping that would beryllium taken metaphorically, but if it had to beryllium literal, I would beryllium open," helium said.

Original manager Destin Daniel Cretton, who is presently wrapped up arsenic the filmmaker successful complaint of this week's Spider-Man: Brand New Day and released Marvel's Wonder Man amusement earlier this year, has astatine slightest fixed fans immoderate anticipation that a sequel volition soon materialize. While the when, where, and however stay a mystery, the manager said Shang-Chi 2 is thing Marvel is "working on."

"The archetypal film's reception was incredible, and we privation to grant that," Cretton said past month. "It's evolving successful a mode we're excited about."

Liu said successful 2023 that his sequel was primitively acceptable to amusement up aft the upcoming Avengers projects, but arsenic delays kept pushing Marvel's plans back, plans for a follow-up for his standalone MCU had been impacted, too. The adjacent year, helium promised a sequel would get eventually, and successful January of this year, helium said that's inactive the plan.

For now, we'll person to hold to spot however Liu volition assistance instrumentality connected Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom erstwhile Avengers: Doomsday premieres December 18, 2026. Until then, you tin work astir Ghost Rider, Black Panther 3, and each of the different announcements Marvel had to amusement disconnected astatine its large Hall H SDCC sheet this year.

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