Marvel’s Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu “Over the Moon” About Tatiana Maslany’s She-Hulk Casting

Simu Liu, who will soon enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe as master martial artist Shang-Chi, is "over the moon" about Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany landing the lead role in Marvel Studios series She-Hulk. Liu's feature film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Maslany's She-Hulk, a live-action series set at Disney+ about the super-strong cousin of Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner, both belong to Marvel's Phase 4 launching with Black Widow. Reacting to Maslany's casting in a tweet, Liu celebrated his fellow Canadian actor by recalling his time on a 2017 episode of the Maslany-starring BBC America series:

"I first met Tat when I was a day player on @OrphanBlack. She was friendly, gracious, and extraordinarily talented," Liu wrote. "Today, this Canadian girl joins the MCU and I am just over the moon!!"

The series won Maslany her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In she-hulk , set in the shared universe already home to the Avengers and Ruffalo's Hulk, Maslany will play lawyer-turned-superhero Jennifer Walters. Ruffalo was first to welcome his new "cuz" to the Marvel family with a tweet Thursday.