Actor Simu Liu is begging Hollywood studios for more race-based casting — specifically, his race.
The Chinese-born, Canada-raised Liu recently took to social media to share a collage of screenshots of some of his fellow Asian actors lamenting how hard it is to land leading roles.
"Put some asians in literally anything right now," Liu added as commentary. "The amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f**king appalling."
'We’re fighting a deeply prejudiced system. And most days it SUCKS.'
White on rice
Citing Hollywood's apparent fear that Asian-centric films are "risky," Lui pointed out the success of movies like his 2022 Marvel debut, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," as well as 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians," which grossed $174 million in 2018 against a $3

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