Simu Liu took to Threads on Sunday to post a fiery message about the “backslide” of Asian representation in Hollywood. In the post, he included social media reports about Asian actors struggling to find fulfilling roles.
“Put some Asians in literally anything right now,” he wrote. “The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is fucking appalling. Studios think we are risky.”
Despite this perceived risk, Liu listed several films starring Asian actors that were critical successes, including “Minari,” “Farewell,” “Past Lives,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and his Marvel tentpole “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
He added, “Every single one a financial success. No Asian actor has ever lost a studio even close to 100 million dollars but

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