Fala Chen Dishes On тАШShangi-ChiтАЩ Role: тАШIтАЩm Definitely The First Person WhoтАЩs Ever Gotten An Offer In Antarctica From MarvelтАЩ
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Fala Chen had her team freaking out in the lead-up to Marvel StudiosтАЩ тАЬShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsтАЭ.
Chen, 39, was on her honeymoon, a cruise ship to Antarctica, when she received word of an offer from Marvel to star alongside Simu Liu and Akwafina.
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тАЬ[My team] all freaked out, so I gave them the satellite phone number, like, to the captainтАЩs office,тАЭ she tells Elle. тАЬThat was the only means of communication.тАЭ
The actress finally got her hands on reliable WiFi and received the good news from her team тАУ Marvel had offered her a role without meeting in person.
тАЬShang-ChiтАЭ director Destin Daniel Cretton explains why he was so eager to cast Chen as Jiang Li.
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тАЬ[Jiang Li] had to have a playfulness about her that would help to break some stereotypes of otherwise female mystic Asian characters that we have seen in the past,тАЭ he shares. тАЬFala has a magic about her that was really just in line with the character.тАЭ
тАЬShang-Chi and the Legend of Ten RingsтАЭ premieres in theatres on Sept. 3.
