From the Los Angeles Times, this is Asian Enough.

Each week on this podcast, we talk to one Asian American guest about the choice, the

complications, and everything else that comes along with being Asian American.

I'm Tracy Brown, and I'm Jan Yamato.

Today we've got a very special bonus episode of Asian Enough with the actor, activist,

and Marvel superhero, Simulu.

In the new movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simul plays the titular character,

a young man hiding out from a villainous and immortal warlord who happens to be his

overbearing father.

In this role, Simul is making history as Marvel's first Asian superhero.

We're not here to make another martial arts movie about a foreign guy who comes in and

doesn't really have an arc, doesn't really have a personality other than the fact that

he's different.

He's from a different place, and he speaks English differently.

We want this to be a real story where the central character goes on a journey and is

three-dimensional, and it is very much about his relationships.

Before catapulting into superstardom with Shang-Chi, Simulu starred in the hit Netflix show,

Kim's Convenience.

For five seasons, the show chronicled the lives of a Korean-Canadian family that ran a

convenience store in Toronto.

We chat with Simul about feeling empowered on the set of Shang-Chi, versus frustrated while

making Kim's Convenience, authentically portraying the Asian American experience on-screen,

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