Tony Leung Chiu-wai was criticized for playing the role of Mandarin in Shang-Chi, Carina Lau supported her husband

Marvel Studios has previously announced plans to film the Asian hero movie Shang-Chi. Kevin Feige, the company's CEO, recently announced the list of actors who will play the relevant roles at the San Diego Comic-Con. The protagonist of Shang-Chi is played by Canadian Chinese Simu Liu, while the villain The Mandarin is played by Hong Kong film emperor Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Some netizens think it is inappropriate for Tony Leung to take on this role.

Some netizens who are very familiar with Marvel comics said that the prototype of the "Mandarin" in Marvel comics is "Fu Manchu", who is a concentrated presentation of the stereotype of the yellow race in Western society and the personification of the so-called "yellow peril". "Fu Manchu" has been used in many Western works in the past. As early as 1980, Chinese Americans launched a "Boycott Fu Manchu Movement". This time, Marvel adapted Fu Manchu in the work into the so-called "Mandarin".

As soon as this incident came out, it caused a strong reaction from the vast majority of netizens, who expressed their disappointment at Tony Leung's role in "The Mandarin". Some netizens commented: "For the sake of money, anything is possible"; "This role is the worst choice for Tony Leung, why let Tony Leung play this movie?"; "Tony Leung is crazy about wanting to become an international star."

However, Tony Leung's wife Carina Lau expressed her support for Tony Leung's choice on Weibo. At the same time, some netizens also expressed their support for Tony Leung: "Someone has to play the oriental villain, otherwise do we have to find Europeans and Americans to pretend to be oriental people? Finding Europeans and Americans to pretend to be oriental people is an insult"; "This is just acting, we still have to affirm the actors' acting skills."

However, in the Marvel comic Shang-Chi, Shang-Chi discovered that his father, the Mandarin, was actually a villain, so he began to resist and eventually became a hero of justice. In the end, Shang-Chi personally killed the Mandarin. In a sense, this also marks that Asians have successfully eliminated Western prejudice against them with their own strength.