{"id":1936628,"date":"2026-05-15T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1936628"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:01:40","slug":"shang-chi-actor-tony-leung-says-he-argued-with-the-director-about-the-film-just-copying-typical-kung-fu-in-the-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1936628","title":{"rendered":"Shang-Chi Actor Tony Leung Says He ‘Argued With the Director’ About the Film Just Copying ‘Typical Kung Fu in the ’70s’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/a> star Tony Leung says he learnt quickly not to question Marvel while on the set of the 2021 blockbuster, after initially complaining about the film’s fight choreography.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Speaking to Vulture<\/a>, the Internal Affairs actor said he had “argued with the director” about his character’s fighting style \u2014 only to be told it didn’t really matter.<\/p>\n

Leung plays Xu Wenwu in the film, the 1,000-year-old father of Shang-Chi and the leader of the Ten Rings organization. And it’s because his character is a millenia old that Leung suggested he should fight using moves from throughout history \u2014 rather than the kind of kung fu that movie audiences were used to.<\/p>\n

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Tony Leung. Image credit: VCG\/VCG via Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The production was much bigger than what I had experienced before, and the people were very professional, and we had to finish everything on time every day,” Leung began, discussing the blockbuster’s production. “It’s very efficient, but you can’t improvise. You can’t even change a word. <\/p>\n

“At the very beginning, I argued with the director: ‘If a guy comes from 1,000 years ago, the way he fights must be a combination of all martial arts, like MMA today, because he lived through all that time.’ And the director said no. <\/p>\n

“I said, ‘Why not? Why just typical kung fu in the ’70s?’ He said, ‘This is Marvel.’ I said, ‘Okay,’ and I didn’t argue anymore.”<\/p>\n