Meng'er Zhang Spoke Up About The Asian Stereotypes She Noticed About Her Character's Hair In 'Shang-Chi'

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Meng'er Zhang Spoke Up About The Asian Stereotypes She Noticed About Her Character's Hair In 'Shang-Chi'
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Xialing broke stereotypes even behind the camera.

further,"We have already shot the film for over a month and one day and I just read an article from Teen Vogue. It said how Asian female characters in Hollywood films always have a hint of color in their hair to show that they are rebels, they are tough, they can fight.

, “I talked to our director Destin. I asked him if we could take it out, and they supported me and they agreed with me.”saying , “[Meng’er] had sent me this article about how Asian female characters often in movies don’t use their natural hair color, that characters are often using color to show that they are rebels or outsiders or whatnot and that itself was contributing to a certain type of stereotype.”“And when she sent that she asked is it too late to change — and to Marvel’s credit, they didn’t blink an eye.

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