We spoke with Simu Liu about his role in OneTrueLoves, playing against type, and the ShangChi sequel.
[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for One True Loves.]From director Andy Fickman and adapted from the book by Taylor Jenkins Reid , the romantic dramedy One True Loves tells the story of what happens when Jesse , who was presumed dead, returns home to the love of his life, Emma , looking to pick up with their lives where they left off prior to his tragic disappearance.
SIMU LIU: I ingested the script and really thought long and hard. It actually wasn’t an easy decision. I felt like, in a lot of ways, Jesse is a very archetypal male protagonist in a romance, where he’s the guy that’s willing to swim halfway around the world to be with the person that he loves.
I love that now that we know you as a superhero and we’ve seen you handle action in martial arts, you choose to do a small character-driven romance, after Shang-Chi. Were you intentionally looking for something like this, or did you not know exactly what you were looking for until this came your way?
LIU: Phillipa and I hadn’t met before joining the project, but we definitely got in touch and we would start shooting ideas back and forth. I was such a big fan of her beforehand, and knowing that Sarah was on board and that Phillipa was on board, those were big reasons why I signed on. I know it’s a cliche to say, but she was just such a professional on set and such a joy to work with, in both the on set moments and the off set moments when we were talking about the story beats.
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