Simu Liu (刘思慕)

You are! I know I'm a tough act to follow, host and adventure-choosing wise, but you're doing great, sweetie.

I… think so? I’ll go along with it. I mean, if you never got fired, maybe you wouldn’t have made it big in acting. Right? Right. Some things end so better things can begin, mate. I think that’s a saying too.

That’s true. If I’d never learned to be a stunt man first, I probably wouldn’t have ended up as Shang Chi, either. So probably a good thing I didn’t hit that acting success right away.

yeah…fun fact, i actually auditioned for a role, which shall remain undisclosed, in the new star wars trilogy, and suffice it to say: they were not happy about that. kinda glad i didn’t get the part, seems like a blessing in disguise situation when i look back on it. now i can just play with my baby yoda toys from afar, peacefully. don’t they say mandarin is one of the fastest growing languages, too? maybe i should give it a go. i’m always so interested in other languages, especially with a whole different alphabet. i’m so down to tutor you, though yeah, i imagine it’s not easy if you’re not a native speaker since childhood. still, imagine having the coolest and most obscure fun fact about yourself in your back pocket to pull out whenever you need it! 

You did?! Look at you go! Yeah, probably better to appreciate the franchise from afar. It is, it’s being used more in the business world, which definitely helps bolster the urge to learn it as a second language. And it’s dominant language in China, which is the most populated country - even though India is getting very close to taking that top spot now - so, you know. Exactly, that’s what it’s all about. Not to learn, but to brag about it at a party sometime. 

Yeah, well I'll be around for another few days or so, at the very least. But it's definitely been a very memorable trip already.

Right?! I'm gonna have to come to London for New Year's again sometime. You guys sure know how to throw a party.

I think I'm free.

Wow, that's a lot of time to consider your options. What do you wanna do? Got any New Year's Eve plans?

Damn, I should. Well, since I'm here, maybe we could hang out.

I hope you ended up having the best time, dude. My trip was really good, feels good to be home now too. After tour and everything, I just enjoy some time at home right now.

I did! It was so nice to get away and go somewhere so new and so unique. Yeah? What’s a Jonas Christmas like? I imagine it’s very busy and chaotic. Kinda picturing the madness of the family in the first two Home Alone movies.

that’s okay. i’ll put you in front of a store window any day. 

Yeah? Is that a promise? Because I haven’t got much work lined up, so if you happen to be in charge of a store front any time soon...

Please do, that’s the lifelong dream. I just want to do a ton of exaggerated poses. Do you make money every time they’re viewed or used? Aw yeah, gotta spoil the mom. Every time my mom visits me, she gripes I need a bigger place. For what, I don’t know, but it needs to be bigger.

I think the zumba class one is still my best work - can’t believe karate schools have used that image. Nah, it’s a get-paid-once kinda deal, they pay you a hundred bucks and then people pay to use it - that’s how stock photo companies make their money. Yeah, I just got a new place in LA, and the first thing my mom and dad did was go to Target to buy stuff for it. I mean like... it was a day trip to Target, you know?