Even celebrities get a little starstruck sometimes.
Simu Liuseemingly experienced one of those moments withSandra OhandMichelle Yeohon Thursday while celebrating theShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsU.K. Gala screening at Curzon Cinema Mayfair in London.
On Friday, the 32-year-old Canadian actorshared a pair of sweet photosof him alongside the highly-acclaimed actresses from the event on Twitter. In one image, Oh, 50, cradles Liu’s face in front of the press as Yeoh looks on with a smile. The trio is all smiles in the second shot, with the two women on either side of the latest Marvel star.
“The precise moment my soul left my body and ascended to the enlightened realm. Angels wept. Doves chirped. John Legend and Michael Buble duetted and their heavenly voices broke the heaven internet. It is truly an honour to know such incredible, strong, badass women,” Liu wrote.
Liu plays Shang-Chi — Marvel’s first Asian superhero — in the upcoming film, which is the 25th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yeoh portrays Jiang Nan, Shang-Chi’s aunt.
Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong and Tony Leung also appear in the movie.
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Liu tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue that he is proud to be making Marvel history withShang-Chi, which hits theaters on Sept. 3.
“When I say that this is a dream come true, that is such a huge understatement,“he says. “I used to love watching Marvel movies when I was a kid, even before, pre-MCU. If there was a superhero, I wanted to watch it. This is all I’ve ever wanted.”
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In the interview, Liu said his parents (dad Zhenning and mom Zheng) left him with his grandparents in Harbin, China after receiving the opportunity to study at Queen’s College in Kingston, Ontario.
“As full-time students, it would have been really, really difficult to be able to support me,” he tells PEOPLE. “And so I grew up in the care of these wonderful grandparents. I loved it. I wasn’t really aware of what I did or didn’t have. I had two amazing guardians in my yeye (grandfather) and my nainai (grandmother).”
Transitioning to Canada at age 5 was “tough” on Liu “for a lot of reasons.” The language barrier, he says, proved to be a roadblock.
“I really struggled to learn English at first,” he recalled. “I remember being at my first daycare, just bawling my eyes out because I couldn’t understand what anybody was saying to me.”
“Initially to their credit, they were sympathetic,” Liu said. “I think they knew that I was going through a lot with the loss of my job. But they became more and more panicked as they realized that I was actually serious. We had a lot of arguments about it.”
In 2016, Liu landed his breakout role as Jung Kim in the Canadian comedy seriesKim’s Convenience, which wrapped in April.
source: people.com
