Simu Liu is ‘devastated’ after being passed over for a role in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Simu Liu has opened out about his disappointment at not being cast in the film ‘Crazy Rich Asians.’

According to rumours, the ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ actor expressed his disappointment at not being cast in the 2018 picture in a recent interview.

The 33-year-old Chinese actor said he auditioned four times for Jon M. Chu’s rom-com, which also starred Constance Wu and Henry Golding, and was told he lacked the ‘It factor,’ which shattered his confidence. On the podcast ‘How To Fail With Elizabeth Day,’ he said, “I just remember being devastated at the time.”

Simu recalled, “It was at a time that was very difficult for me.” he further shared, “I was trying to figure out whether I could be the lead character or whether I could only be a supporting character for my entire career.”

Simu added: “We got, ‘Well Simu doesn’t have the X factor’ or the ‘It factor’. And that was just such a crushing blow for me because I, again, I felt like I already worked so hard,” he continued: “And I came so far and I trained as an actor and taken countless hours of class was like, ‘What is the ‘It factor’?’ like it just felt like someone was telling me that I just wasn’t good enough.”

Simu will star opposite Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Ryan Gosling (Ken) in the next live-action ‘Barbie’ film, and the cast has had so much fun making the film that they can’t believe they’re getting paid to do it.

Simu spilled: “It’s very pink. There’s a lot of pink, which is honestly just kind of a lot of fun to come to work every day, right?”

Simu also said that “there’s been multiple times on this production that we’ve kind of looked at each other, whether it’s like cast or crew or even Greta (Gerwig, director) and been like, ‘How are we getting paid to do this? This is insane’ which I think is always a good sign every day feels like we’re just going to play.”

He continued raving, “And I can’t wait for people to see it.”

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