Terry this is FRESH air.
I'm Terry Gross.
Our guest today is actor Simu Liu.
He's best known for his breakout role as Shang Chi, Marvel's first Asian superhero,
in the film Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Now he stars with Woody Harrelson in the new film Last Breath.
He spoke with Fresh Airs.
Anne Marie Boldonado.
Actor Simu Liu has taken on some roles that are pretty physically challenging.
He does killer fight sequences in the film Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
And who can forget him dancing as one of the kens in the movie Barbie?
His latest film may be even more extreme.
The action thriller Last Breath is based on the true story of deep sea divers
in peril at the bottom of the North Sea in 2012,
three divers were embarking on a routine dive when rough weather
and computer errors caused one diver's umbilical cable to get stuck,
leaving him trapped.
What happens now?
Your umbilical, it's gonna snap.
You'll get pulled off the structure.