“If the only gatekeepers to movie stardom came from Tarantino and Scorsese, I would never have had the opportunity to lead a $400 million plus movie,” Liu, the star of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” wrote on Twitter.
But they don’t get to point their nose at me or anyone.”He continued: “No movie studio is or ever will be perfect.
As Liu referenced, Martin Scorsese is among the other legendary filmmakers who have publicly taken issue with the box office dominance of Marvel movies.
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” made more than $432 million worldwide during the course of its box office run.
As of last year, director Destin Daniel Cretton was set to develop a sequel.