Awkwafina discusses her role in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, being the funny one, and more in a new interview with Cosmopolitan.
The actress says of the shift from playing the role of the Funny Sidekick to doing her own stunts in a full-blown Marvel superhero movie: “Dangling off of things and flying, falling backward… it’s really different from, say, an indie rom-com.
It’s really cool. It’s so weird to switch from ‘friend mode’.” Awkwafina, real name Nora Lum, adds of the cultural significance of movies like “Shang-Chi”, the first Marvel film to star an Asian superhero: “These movies make me so proud, just as a watcher, because they contribute to visibility, which I do think has real-life effects.