Tony Leung says Marvel rejected his idea to modernize his ‘Shang-Chi’ character’s fighting style

The Hong Kong screen icon contrasted Marvel’s tightly controlled production process with the improvisational filmmaking culture that shaped his career.

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International film star Tony Leung revealed that Marvel rejected his proposal to modernize the fighting style of Wenwu in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021). The 63-year-old actor told Vulture in a recent interview that he believed a warrior who had lived for more than 1,000 years would naturally combine tec…