Simu Liu Offers An Explanation Behind Ethan Hawke’s Mandarin In ‘Moon Knight’: ‘Mandarin Is Not An Easy Language’

etcanada.com:

Simu Liu is elaborating on his critical comments of “Moon Knight”. The “Shang-Chi” star drew the attention of the internet in April when he wrote a tweet making fun of Ethan Hawke’s use of Mandarin in episode 2 of the show.

Hawke’s character Arthur Harrow has a brief conversation with another actor in the scene as they explain they are learning the language.

Liu tweeted, “Alright Arthur Harrow needs to fire his Mandarin teacher”. READ MORE: Simu Liu Delivers Emotional ‘I Am Canadian!’ Juno Awards Speech, Pokes Fun At Will Smith Slap, The Maple Leafs & More Expanding on his comments in an interview with GQ, he said that he doesn’t blame Marvel as a whole for the depiction of Mandarin in the show.

In fact, he puts it down to a simple misstep somewhere in the process of making the TV show. “I think there’s maybe a misconception that Marvel is this kind of monolithic, all-powerful single organism with infinite resources.