A new report indicates that Marvel’s upcoming Shang-Chi will introduce key characters from MI-6.
Marvel’s Shang-Chi is set to begin filming in Australia relatively soon, which means that casting information has begun to trickle out. Details on Marvel’s Shang-Chi have been slim, but a new rumor from Murphy’s Multiverse has given us insight into which characters may be appearing in Marvel’s first Asian-lead film. Shang-Chi is expected to introduce the Marvel Cinematic Universe to MI-6 agents Leiko Wu, Clive Reston, and Black Jack Tarr.
Shang-Chi’s history in the comics is closely associated with these MI-6 characters. Shang-Chi has frequently worked alongside Leiko Wu, Clive Reston, and Black Jack Tarr on various missions after the Master of Kung Fu discovered the true nature of his father, Fu Manchu . In the Marvel comics, Shang-Chi also shared a romantic relationship with Leiko Wu.
In the film, however, Shang-Chi will be presented as someone who once worked for the MI-6, but has since left the organization. Clive Reston will be portrayed as the titular hero’s old partner, who has since married Leiko Wu, a character who once exhibited feeling for Shang-Chi. On the other end of the spectrum, Black Jack Tarr will be seen as an elite martial artists. The report indicates that these roles have already been filled, but they haven’t been released at the time.
At this current stage, we have no idea who Awkwafina will be playing in the film, which makes her a viable candidate to play Leiko Wu, who was described by Murphy’s Multiverse to be a Chinese female between the ages of 26 and 39. Arguably the most well-known star in the upcoming film, Awkwafina recently won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
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Introduced in Special Marvel Edition #15 in December 1973, Shang-Chi is a skilled martial artist who was raised in an isolated compound located in China and trained by his father Fu Manchu, a Chinese crimelord and immortal sorcerer who repeatedly attempted to conquer the world. When Shang-Chi was finally allowed to venture into the outside world to do his father’s bidding, he learned about his father’s evil ways and faked his own death before embarking on a mission to take down Fu Manchu’s criminal empire.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from a script written by David Callaham, Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings stars Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Tony Leung.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be released in theaters on February 12, 2021.
Source: Murphy’s Multiverse