""I was afraid of two scenarios, both attached to ego," he tells me about embarking on his newest project The Copenhagen Test, a sci-fi spy thriller now streaming on Peacock. It's the Saturday of New York Comic Con in October when we meet for this interview, and the cacophony of the largest gathering of nerds on the East Coast almost drowns Liu's voice on my tape recorder."
""I was afraid of being a vanity producerputting a stamp on something and didn't do any work and ride other people's coattails," he says. The other thing Liu was afraid of? Being too involved. "Being too much of a creative tyrant and inserting myself in places where I shouldn't be. Simply because of I am who I am, you have to listen to me. I wanted to avoid those situations. It took a while to find my equilibrium.""
Simu Liu emigrated from Harbin, China to Ontario at age five and transitioned from accounting to acting, starring in Kim's Convenience and headlining Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He released a debut EP, ANXIOUS-AVOIDANT, in 2023. Liu executive-produces and stars in The Copenhagen Test, his first leading role in an action series, playing Alexander Hale, an analyst whose brain is hacked by an unknown enemy. Liu approached production cautious of two ego-driven errors: being a vanity producer who does no work and being an overbearing creative tyrant. He sought an equilibrium between involvement and restraint while continuing to learn in Hollywood.
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