Simu Liu Really Wanted To Be On This Reality Program At The Start of His Career

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Before Simu Liu was a Marvel star, he wanted to be a reality star. The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings opened up during Variety’s Actors on Actors that he really wanted to land a spot on a popular reality dance program. Click inside to read more… It was So You Think You Can Dance! “In my college, I was in a hip-hop competitive dance team.

It was right in the heyday of So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Best Dance Crew. I was all about it,” Simu shared. “I didn’t study for any of my classes because of it.” He added that it was “all I’ve ever wanted.” While Simu didn’t land a spot on SYTYCD, he did turn those skills into a superhero starring role. “I had done some work as an on-again, off-again stuntman, but if we’re honest, I think I was more of a dancer than I ever was a martial artist,” he said. “Pretty much from the moment I was cast [in Shang-Chi], I started working with trainers and learning how to move.

I had such awful flexibility. My groin and my tendons were just so stiff. A big part of that early process was just bending my body and trying to rip those legs apart.