Simu Liu Chugs Boba While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

ah I'm sorry Sean there's a lot of living no no no make no apology I apologize make no apologies my behavior no this is not how my mother raised me [Music] hey what's going on everybody for first week Feast I'm Sean Evans and you're watching hot ones it's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings and today we're joined by simu Liu he's the actor of course stars in 2021's highest grossing box office film Shang Chi and the legend of the ten Rings which you can currently find streaming on Disney plus today though it's the legend of the 10 wings howly fair I guess only time will tell simu welcome to the show I knew that was the only reason I was on the show and and fair enough we got the punt out nice and early I'm glad um kind of wondering why I agreed to this no no it's such an honor it's such an honor to be here Sean thank you for for having me I can already smell it and it's already up my nose [Music] perfect Cheers Cheers foreign [Music] okay [Music] all right what have you got for me so shanxi and the legend of the ten Rings it features a Hollywood Hall of Fame Ensemble of action movie Legends from the matrix's bill Pope to members of Jackie Chan stunt team to your co-star Tony Leung what was the most challenging or gnarly wirework scene to pull off director Destin Daniel [ __ ] described The Runaway boss that's in the act 1 fight sequence as being a claustrophobic barf machine that's fair that's fair that was a gnarly sequence I mean we we took two San Francisco Mini buses we shipped them to Sydney Australia we gutted them put them up on airbags and gimbals was basically like imagine a Disneyland ride right so every day you go to work you get this like ladder you walk up into this um suspended bus like 50 feet in the air and then it just starts twisting and moving and um I must have like banged my knees and shins and elbows and forehead on um like every single possible appendage of that bus so the last take that I did I think we had already gotten the shot so of course it's always that last one that um you shouldn't do that ends up being the one that you get injured on but I was like let me do one more let me do one more I can totally do it better I remember being like I'm gonna give it the like just the best baseball slide so I went straight in and there was this little tiny piece jutting out of the the roof of the bus and for some reason my kneecap went straight into it and I was I was down and out for uh for a hot sec [Music] [ __ ] I like it Sean is that all you got don't don't say that that's a that's a bad idea the two Wings in confidence you know I never get sick of them so early in your career you produced starred and wrote a handful of short films many of which I was able to find I was able to track down on the Wong Fu Productions YouTube channel okay what is it that you find Sacred about shorts because I think for a lot of people the annual Academy Award nominations that represents the entirety of what they know about the art form this is the big thing about short films is that they're affordable yeah so when you're a ten thousand dollar budget exactly exactly when you're a starving artist and you're and you're just trying to look for ways to create content try to get things going um you can't necessarily fund an entire future film and so you do a short oftentimes it's a proof of concept or it's just something that you can show off to be like hey this is a calling card I want more opportunities to do this maybe on a bigger scale but uh I first saw Wang Fu I was in high school it was like YouTube was just starting to be a thing first of all they're a bunch of Asian American filmmakers who you know at a time when those opportunities didn't exist in the system they went out and made their own luck they just went out and they were like screw it I'm gonna create and people are gonna watch it and that's exactly what happened and for so many of us for millions of um you know diasporic Asian youth that was the only representation that we had for a really really long time so I have all the respect in the world for those guys I I you know continue to want to work with them and they're there's there's the best [Music] I can keep this one down but I'm not letting myself get overconfident I feel a building and then I feel um it's settling like I don't need to go to the Boba yet on the topic of the Boba though you know uh Boba Guys mutual friends of ours yes came through so we have two of them so this is the Jasmine one that you like right you like the green Jasmine love me some Jasmine milk tea yep and then this one they actually made for me they call it the antidote with like a horchata sort of Base to it okay so they actually made this for me on like the spicy food yeah yeah you wanna try it [Music] oh yeah oh yeah it's soothing it's soothing so before becoming a Marvel Superhero know that your first job out of college was at a big four accounting firm is there anything that you learned being an accountant that's actually helped you now that you're depositing Disney checks I learned that I was a terrible accountant my error rate was so high like literally every spreadsheet that I ever sent in I would get it back immediately and it would just be marked completely in red and my supervisors were just like I don't know what to do with you like I know and you know I I would like check my work I would like you know I I obviously didn't want to be bad at my job but um I just I just couldn't do it sometimes sometimes it's just things aren't meant to be in the universe and thank God for that because because you had a different calling exactly and then speaking of those odd jobs to start from college brochures to Billboards to the covers of textbooks where is the strangest place that you've ever seen your Getty stock images pop up in real life I saw myself on uh on on the wall of a Karate Dojo but you know but but we didn't do any karate photos in the in in the stock shoot so it was actually it was a photo of I think me doing zumba um so I was like in this pose where I was smiling and doing one of these one of these swings and it was in a it was in a martial arts Dojo so not great also somewhat ironically I was on the cover of an accounting textbook I think it was like QuickBooks or something and I was like the I um I don't know I I wouldn't trust me to teach uh anybody anything about accounting [Music] okay here we go Los Calientes how many wings would you say you've had over the course of your entire hotline career well you know the the accounting conversation is actually a nice segue into this kind of question because you know we're probably 230 episodes in right 10 wings an episode that put me squarely over 2 300 wings that I've eaten for the internet's Amusement over the years so do you still enjoy Wings outside of work or has it nah you know there's a couple things that have ruined ruined it for me first off it feels like work you know like that that kind of thing plus I've eaten a lot of them so it's like kind of the last thing that I want to eat and then the other side of it is like you know I go to a restaurant or something and this is nice I'm not complaining but it's like somebody'll come out of the kitchen like oh these are for you and then there's like wings or like a friend's coming into town and they're like where's the best place to get wings like you know everybody has kind of like you're the wing guy I've been Typecast in acting terms as like though my wing guy so I think you sort of like start to then resent Wings Over time or something that's so funny that you say that because because my fear in in this movie and and its success and of course it's been very successful very happy about it is that it will perpetuate this kind of narrative that only you know the Asian people can only lead martial arts movies which is not true right but but of course it's something that you know I don't want people to constantly come up to me and be like hey I bet I could I better what do you think you know um so so I get that I feel that yeah you know wanting to you know be known for other things exact already connected already on Wing four but as long as people keep watching on YouTube I'll keep throwing them down he says as he yeah foreign [Music] this one will grow it'll Bellow a little bit but while it's doing that I'll set you up because we have recurring segment on our show called explain that gram we do a deep dive in our guest Instagram pull interesting pictures that need more context okay I know that you're a Star Wars die hard do you have an all-time favorite Jedi it's gonna be Qui-Gon Jinn that'd be Qui-Gon Jan I feel like look I don't know how deep you are in a Star Wars I'm going I'm just following you you're following me all right so so this whole idea of like the Jedi during the Old Republic just feels like you know if you you know you look at those Council scenes where everyone's so like stuck up they're all just like uh oh these are the rules you know we don't we don't ever break the rules and there's like no and and by the way very hypocritical too because the Jedi are supposed to like not want Power they're like we have no thirst for power we know and there's literally like of counsel that oversees everything that's like in the highest part of Coruscant so anyway anyway I just love that Qui-Gon is like a bit of a Maverick like he doesn't care he's like sorry I'm gonna I'm gonna train this kid and ultimately that kid is gonna grow up to become Darth Vader and overthrow the entire Republic but still you got to admire the guy that can see through the the hypocrisy of the Jedi Order right they think they're the good guys they're like oh yeah we're so good but but like you know really were the instruments of their own demise in a way sorry I've already no I love it you get me on a Star Wars tangent and I'm telling you that I will show you my true colors laughs that was involuntary all right that's why you know that's why it was wise though did not get too far out in front because yeah it catches you no you're right you're right you're right when you least expect it okay [Music] this is number six six all right Senor lechuga yeah and there it is it's arrived mhm so connecting the dots looking back would seem like your place in the MCU is basically Destiny in fact in your recent SNL Monologue you talked about how you played Spider-Man at kids birthday parties to make ends meet as an actor were you ever goaded into breaking character by like a problem Try by like a problem child or drunken adult a drunken drunken adult no because they generally stayed out of my way because all they wanted to do was Day drink with the other adults that's the kind of the whole point of having a birthday party Spider-Man is to like babysit your kids so that you can just go and and do whatever when you're doing these birthday parties you got to pay attention to the age right for some whatever freaking reason some parents will book a Spider-Man for like an eight-year-old party and when you see it you're like oh this is not gonna be good because eight-year-olds are gonna be into that they are they're already starting to like understand and internalize that like movies aren't real and so when you show up with like a 25 Spider-Man suit that like basically your boss got from a Target somewhere like that's not gonna be enough for them whew that took a while that like percolated for a little bit Yeah it kind of yeah it has that sort of volcanic sort of eruption to it but you don't know when it's gonna go off but do you think it might have primed the pipes for the next one [Laughter] you're the expert Sean you tell me I swing you just swing big you know let's do it so this one is the uh boodle of fire here in the seven spot okay um [Music] nice big one we're not shying away from the bites here [Music] yeah [Music] so far I'm gonna have some Jasmine all right enjoying it yeah you know I don't think we need to break out the antidote just yeah [Music] right you might be onto something here [Music] so recently you received a hero's welcome at the Toronto premiere of Shang Chi actually having that massive welcome back billboard in the middle of downtown what's the institutional significance of square one for a young person growing up in Mississauga my God that's deep cut um square one man oh God I'm impressed square one first of all square one is is by by um by sheer size the the largest mall in Ontario that was the place to hang out especially if you're underage you just hang out the mall you watch movies one of my first jobs ever I was a model at a fish yeah yeah like shirt off in front of the store so nothing not in front of the store just just like inside taking in the fumes and uh folding clothes and and pretending like I was a model I remember too because like when I was in high school like some of my friends would be like oh like I got scouted or like one of my friends got scouted and that's you know apparently a thing that would happen yeah like oh you look like a cool kid like oh you want to work it out and so I remember I wanted to be hot and cool so bad I would I would go uh to the to the stores and I would just hang out waiting to get ready to get scouted and I would like try to do my hair and like you know never happen and so I was so desperate that I I literally just came in with the resume and I was like hey guys I would love to and you know and um the manager at the time like kind of took pity on me and he was like why don't you show up to this group interview I got hired and I ended up um I ended up being an Abercrombie model proudest moment of my life not sure if you've heard of this next one before the bomb behind I seem to I think I've I think I've seen it before on this show yeah yeah okay so this is that one okay [Music] let's do it let's do it let's do it you can see it you know what I'm not gonna do though I'm not gonna go here well this is you want me to go here because this is what really sets people off I'm I'm on to you all right I'm on to you well let's see okay let's see I'm ready [Music] foreign oh God oh my God yeah antidote yep I told you I told you we'd be right back can I hold [Music] only two more to go two more to go it's immediately so much yeah and it doesn't stop it doesn't stop I think there's a little bit of a cumulative effect in it all hits the wall right here I need the eyes yeah so you said in your GQ Essentials piece that representation matters not only in the movies but also in America's snack aisles what are three Asian snacks you'd think should be more widely available in convenience and gas stations across the land and why laughs [Music] foreign chips Hello Panda yellow Panda cookies with like a little bit of filling on the inside yeah that hit so fast yeah yeah and then just careful around your eyes just careful around your eyes and then it just grows it doesn't stop it's a Relentless sauce it's like getting your heart broken for the first time I there's nowhere to hurt you think you'll never get out of it and then you just kind of just kind of stay with it yeah you just stick with it you know find yourself a nice friend exactly we'll support you through it and I'm right here I'm right here with you I'm right here with you you wake up and you're like doesn't hurt as much but we're not there yet okay you want some of this yeah yeah yeah [Music] antidote my ass Andrew Andrew he's on set Andrew what is this the antidote to I'm sorry Sean there's a lot of no no make no apology I apologize make no apologies my behavior no this is a lot of space on this show so this next one is hellfire is cranked that's the one with the crazy face if you look at that and think oh she needs to put this on my food yeah yeah yeah put this inside me please um okay okay [Music] [Music] pan but incredible perseverance on display so recently you covered Men's Health and for good reason since I know that you've been tirelessly training at the CK gym that you recently built with your friends yes yes the secret okay okay you have a very aggressive sort of high-flying style of play what is the key to a hard driven Spike oh very good question uh timing is more important than pure vertical so you know if you have a good Setter he's setting at a really kind of like nice height where the ball is nice and floaty and you want to basically watch for the Apex you want to watch out for the Apex of of that set and once that ball starts to begin its downward trajectory that's when you want to launch yourself in the air so that you're making contact with the ball at the highest possible place you want to keep that ball in front of you you don't want to spike it too far over because that just like you know that's not where you're gonna get your power from you want to hit it like right here and then you want to give the wrist a nice little snap as you're making contact with the ball so Apex you go up you're kind of targeting it with your with your non-dominant hand and then you kind of snake out snap that wrist and uh and then that's uh that's that spikes town baby and then watch the bodies hit the floor all right we've done it we're here it's almost over [Music] Sean come on we've made it this far okay how much how much do we put here well be careful because I can already see that's got some uh it's got some liquidation yeah oh yeah that's too much already there you go okay A little dab A little dab dab okay A little dab that's good that's good I'm doing this for you Sean I'm honored you know I'm humbled shall we shall we Cheers Cheers it's been fun yeah that's a lie [Music] impressive very impressive considering whoa okay we have to it's the last one what kind of example are we setting for the children right right if we don't do that kids try this at home this is a metaphor don't actually try it oh it's metaphor it's a metaphor for perseverance to metaphor for pursuing your dreams the metaphor for staying strong in the face of adversity and uh and you know what else the good news is SEMA that we have conquered the wings of death today and the even better news is there's only one more question before you send we send you on your way with the to-go pint of ice cream Occidental but prognostic tweet about joining the Marvel Universe if that helped to manifest your current reality what is the next speak it into existence thing that is on your spice-soaked brain right now is it a dream to return lx4 oh my God maybe a debut album you guys now I have to now I have to explain it I have to I have to in Middle School myself and three friends of mine who started a boy band called lx4 were we good no did we ever go anywhere with our talents absolutely not but uh boy did we act like we were [Music] uh and sink incarnate uh we were the Jonas Brothers that never were unfortunately we had one song called for you and um I will not play it for you but you know what sumu the lx4 Legacy it lives on today in hot ones and with this amazing performance against the wings of death and now there's nothing left to do at long last but roll out the red carpet for you this camera this camera this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life hell yeah all right guys look shanxi in the legend of the 10 rings Stream It on Disney plus and get the Blu-ray you can get the HD Blu-ray you get the 8K special edition Blu-ray with the the commentary and the deleted scenes follow your dreams persevere through adversity and when life gives you the 10th wing with a dab you take that dab and you finish the whole damn wing all right all right good talk [Music] awesome awesome I appreciate the Deep Cuts man oh yeah thank you we got you we have to for SEMO oh I literally was so spot I didn't even mention to you I am actually working on music right now oh really it's too late it's too late it's done there's always a bonus scene there's always a bonus scene what's that for we're gonna pack up your sausage we're gonna get to take them off with you foreign hey what's going on hot ones fans this is Sean Evans and there are many reasons to be a monthly hot one subscription box subscriber but if you ask me at the top of that list is the fact that you get to try things first before anybody and that's what's happening in December because in the December subscription box for the first time ever hot sauce for kids that's right hot sauce for kids I'd like to introduce you to hot ones Jr the green this sauce is a super tasty flavored Clash of green apple sweet banana warm jalapeno lets kids sort of experience the hot ones tradition but at the foothills of Mount Scoville it's perfect for French fries chicken nuggets the things that kids love get your hands on hot ones Junior be the first to try it in the December subscription box heatness.com heatness.com to get your hands on the green hot ones Junior before anyone else it's super tasty 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Length: 25min 59sec (1559 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 02 2021