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Due to Leung's casting and the decision to make Shang-Chi the son of the Mandarin rather than Fu Manchu (later renamed Zheng Zu), the Ten Rings was completely redesigned to have a Chinese theme, with its members closely resembling those of Si-Fan, the criminal organization that Shang-Chi's father leads in the Master of Kung Fu series. [14]
Cretton wanted Xialing's fight club to be fun and show her character rather than be scary and dangerous. Chan noted that Xialing's office combines imagery of skulls with flowers and bold colors, and the sets incorporate the character's feminist views. The fighting arena is an octagon because the number eight is significant in Asian cultures. [77]
Meng'er Zhang (Chinese: 张梦儿; pinyin: Zhāng Mèng'er; born April 22, 1987) [1] is a Chinese actress best known for portraying Xu Xialing in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Xu Shang-Chi was born to Xu Wenwu, the ancient leader of the Ten Rings organization, and Ying Li, a guardian of the mystical village of Ta Lo in an adjacent universe. Shang-Chi's childhood was blissful, with his father renouncing his criminal ways to spend time with his family and his mother entertaining him and his sister Xialing with tales of ...
Xu (Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: Hsü 2; Jyutping: Ceoi 4) is a Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is spelled as "Hsu", which is commonly used in Taiwan or overseas Chinese communities. It is different from Xu (surname 許), represented by a different character.
Xu (traditional Chinese: 許; simplified Chinese: 许; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade–Giles: Hsü 3; Jyutping: Heoi 2) is a Chinese surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization , it is romanized as Hsu, which is commonly used in Taiwan .
Xu Xian (Chinese: 許仙), courtesy name Hanwen (漢文), is a main character of the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's four great folk tales. In some versions of the legend he is a scholar, while in others he is a physician. In earlier works such as Feng Menglong's Stories to Caution the World, he is known as Xu Xuan (Chinese: 許宣).
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Ben Kingsley portrayed an actor (Trevor Slattery) of the character in Iron Man 3 (2013), [6] [7] and Tony Leung portrayed the "real" character Xu Wenwu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). [8] In 2009, The Mandarin was ranked as IGN's 81st-greatest comic book villain of all time. [9]