‘Shang-Chi’ Star Simu Liu Takes Umbrage With Ethan Hawke’s ‘Moon Knight’ Character: He ‘Needs To Fire His Mandarin Teacher’

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Seven Rings star Simu Liu has watched Disney+’s Moon Knight, and let’s just say that he’s not thrilled with the film’s accent work. He’s not alone (Oscar Isaac found himself defending the choice to portray Steven Grant with an English accent, and Isaac apparently made that call), but it’s notable that an MCU star is making this criticism. That’s particularly the case because Shang-Chi took great pains to be authentic and inclusive, from the cast (which was 98% Asian) to the crew.

To that end, Liu finds himself calling out the Mandarin spoken by Ethan Hawke’s cult-leading villain. The Shang-Chi star tweeted, “Alright Arthur Harrow needs to fire his Mandarin teacher.”

— Simu Liu (刘思慕) (@SimuLiu) April 9, 2022

Liu was swiftly joined in his responses, including a “what happened here” response with a tweeted clip.