2) Yuen Wah as Zheng Zu, Shang-Chi’s father and the main antagonist of the movie. In this version, he is a powerful mobster that rules over the criminal undergrounds all over East Asia and Southeast Asia (so…Kingpin, but way more powerful).
Also, he’s not referred to as “Fu Manchu” for obvious reasons.
3) Jiang Wen as Zheng Zu’s wise brother and Shang-Chi’s father figure. He gets the “tragic death at the hands of the villain, inspiring the main protagonist to rise up and take revenge”.
4) Jim Broadbent as Sir Denis Nayland Smith, Zheng Zu’s nemesis and the leader of the MI6 team investigating his activities. He ends up recruiting Shang-Chi when they realize their goals match.
5) Awkwafina as Fah Lo Suee, a spoiled, wealthy businesswoman and Zheng Zu’s daughter / Shang-Chi’s half-sister. She’s the secondary antagonist of the movie.
(with this description, I like to think she’s playing an evil version of her character from Crazy Rich Asians here)
9) Iko Uwais as Shen Kuei / The Cat, a mercenary and Shang-Chi’s main rival / occasional ally. He’s not a villain but does have a rivalry with Shang-Chi over who is the better martial artist between them.
10) Yayan Ruhian, Brandon Vera, Julie Estelle, and Tsuyoshi Ihara as Zheng Zu’s lieutenants. They all have a badass fight scene with Shang-Chi and friends (think of them as “boss fights”).
12) Donnie Yen appears in the minor role of Tiger Claw, Zheng Zu’s closest lieutenant and the leader of the Si-Fan, an ancient secret society that controls all of Asia. He takes over Zheng Zu’s criminal empire after Zheng Zu’s defeat.
His role is minor here because he’ll be the main villain of Shang-Chi 2.
whenever i want to put a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in one of my posts i google “shrug emoji” and copy and paste it and i think the reality behind this process kind of undermines the whole blasé, “lmao, who cares? not me” feel i’m trying to add to these posts by adding my little ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ guy in the first place
I’m watching La La Land and it’s ok but it could be a lot better!
Ryan Gosling didn’t seem suited to the musical aspects of the role, maybe cast a different hearthrob with more experience in the genre, like Zac Efron
Emma Stone similarly didn’t seem to thrive with the singing and dancing, so maybe cast someone again with experience and heck why not someone with proven chemistry with zac efron.. maybe vanessa hudgens
Maybe if the male love interest was into something a little more relatable than Jazz? Like maybe basketball?
Female character seemed a little flat, maybe if she was also incredibly gifted with math and science?
Setting of LA wasn’t particularly relatable, maybe if it was set somewhere universal? Like High School?
How is Disney gonna preach “work hard and your dreams will come true” when Sharpay & Ryan worked almost their whole lives to be on top but then Gabriella & Troy showed up not even able to two step with their boring ass acoustic versions of every single song and stole the spotlight Sharpay and Ryan are supposed to be the villains like…okay work
