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Simu Liu says this generation of immigrants needs 'to show the world that we belong'

Simu Liu says this generation of immigrants needs 'to show the world that we belong'

CBC
Friday, June 17, 2022 1:47 PM GMT

Simu Liu has been a very busy guy.

Since his breakout role starring in Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings last fall, the actor has presented at the Academy Awards, walked the carpet at the Met Gala, and hosted the Junos. 

Amid the accolades, Liu acknowledges that a lot of his success is thanks to his parents, who moved to Ontario from Harbin, China, when Liu was a small child.

"I wouldn't have had the opportunities that I've had in my life were it not for all that my parents had worked for and struggled for and sacrificed for," he said. 

In his new memoir, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story, Liu writes about growing up as an immigrant in Kingston, Ont., and later Mississauga. He opens up about his early strife with his parents, and how they eventually healed their relationship.

In an interview with CBC Radio's The Sunday Magazine, Liu also expressed his hopes that the next generation of immigrants will escape the "grateful immigrant" trope — one where newcomers are expected to be gracious guests and not to expect too much from their adopted home.

"It's different, because we grew up here. This is our home and we deserve to be here every bit as much as anybody else, you know?" he said. 

Liu spoke with The Sunday Magazine host Piya Chattopadhyay. Here is a part of their conversation. 

So let's talk about your family, because it's such an integral part of who you are. So you're born in China. Your parents left so they could carve out this life in Canada. And you stayed in China, raised by your grandparents, until you were four. And then your dad comes to bring you to Canada. What do you remember about meeting your parents when you were four?

Yeah, I remember just a strange presence that you feel when you're a small child and you meet someone for the first time. That's the way my parents felt. That's the way my dad felt when he knocked on our door and we opened it up. My grandparents were telling me, "This is your dad, go hug him, talk to him." And I just remember not quite being able to, because this was a presence that was entirely foreign to me, down to the sound of his voice, the way that he smelled. And when he held me, it also felt unfamiliar. I would say it took years to be able to overcome that. But like, even now, we're, like, not the most touchy-feely people, you know.

As you talked to them [for the book] and learned more about their lives before you enter the picture, how do their stories and that historical context of China play into your story?

Around the time that I was writing this book, I was about 30. And there's an interesting parallel, because my parents were roughly the same age when they had me and when they first immigrated to Canada. And this idea of hitting that point in your life where you look to the horizon and you have a dream and you say,  "I'm going to go for it. I'm going to put thought into action and I'm going to pursue this. I'm going to risk greatly. And if I fail, I fail spectacularly. But, you know, I do so knowing that I gave it a shot." 

And I feel like, even though … there's so many differences that separate our generations, that pursuit of a dream and that willingness to put it all on the line is something that really connected us. 

This will come probably as no surprise to anyone listening, given what we're talking about, but your parents didn't want you to be an actor, and you struggled with your career choices. … It was really with Kim's Convenience that your dad saw the success. I remember when I was younger, when I was a television reporter, my parents kind of, I don't know, made me feel like I'd made it somehow. 

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