It’s possible to say it and it will happen. While many stars have voiced their preference for roles, there are a few who have made those dreams come true.
Simu Liu made headlines in 2019 when he was cast as Shang-Chi in Marvel’s Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings. The actor then recalled a tweet he had written that predicted the role he would soon play.
“Hey Marvel, great job with Cpt America and Thor. Now how about an Asian American hero,” he wrote in July 2014.
The stuntman, when asked about social media manifestation, said he didn’t know that one simple thought could lead to the role for a lifetime.
“I had absolutely no idea it was going to happen. It was kind of just a facetious thing that I tweeted,” Liu shared during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeptember 2021. “What’s happened in these next few years has been pretty incredible and pretty insane. So I am just pinching myself every day, to be honest.”
Marvel Studios president Kevin FeigeHe also commented on the 2014 post, admitting he had not seen it until after the Kim’s ConvenienceAlready, the alumnus was chosen.
“Along with our casting director Sarah Finn, [we]We searched the earth in search of Shang-Chi. [Simu] tweeted, which we found out after he was cast, but he had an amazing audition, he had an amazing reel, did some great work up on in Canada,” Feige explained at the movie’s red carpet premiere in September 2021. “And just brought as you will find soon a relatability to it that all Marvel heroes need but he can also achieve, we believe, that sort of iconic status to stand within the pantheon of Marvel heroes.”
Liu isn’t the only superhero who’s managed to manifest success. Dove CameronShe was also in for a surprise, when Bubbles was offered to her in live-action Powerpuff Girls series.
“The second [the show]I took a screenshot of the announcement on Twitter and sent it to [my team]. I was like, ‘Guys, I just need to audition.’ I don’t even care if they don’t see me for the role, I just need to audition,” Cameron revealed to PopSugarMarch 2021: Her journey to the lead role.
At the time, DescendantsStar explained that she was thrilled about bringing the animated character to life after falling for the cartoon series which aired from 1998 to 2005.
“As a fan, I was reading the script and I was like, ‘Oh, that would be how these girls would grow up. That would be what would happen psychologically. Oh, that figures in the relationship with the professor.’ It makes sense,” she noted. “There’s a lot of confusion, but we’re not playing 7-year-olds. It’s not a cartoon. They are real people. This is a real-life problem and girls with trauma. [about] what happens if you grow up in the spotlight and you are international superheroes, but you’re real people.”
Two months later, the CW’s CEO Mark PedowitzIt was confirmed that the pilot would go back to film. Cameron, who was still attached to the project said that she was looking forward bringing a new approach to the revamped episode.
“I’m actually very excited at the thought of it because I was texting the girls and we’re like, ‘Oh. Well, now we know what we’re doing. What an amazing thing,’” she told Entertainment TonightIn June 2021. “You never get to do that as an actor, go back and be like, ‘What would I have done differently?’”
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