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Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu: Shang-Chi and Xialing's father and the leader of the Ten Rings. [17] Wenwu is an original character created for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) who replaces Shang-Chi's original comic book father Fu Manchu, a "problematic character" associated with racist stereotypes to whom Marvel Studios does not hold the film rights.
Following complaints from the Mongolian government of the language's usage being linked with terrorism after the release of Iron Man 3 (2013), Marvel issued an apology. Subsequent depictions of the Ten Rings dropped connotations with Middle Eastern terrorism and the organization's members were redesigned to resemble those of a modern ...
Xu Wenwu (portrayed by Tony Leung) is the legendary founder and supreme leader of the Ten Rings terrorist organization, and is the father of Shang-Chi in place of Fu Manchu / Zheng Zu from Marvel Comics. [140] [141] [142] Wenwu is the enigmatic and feared leader of the Ten Rings criminal organization and the father of Shang-Chi and Xialing.
In an alternate 1872, Xu Xialing, fled to America for a better life only to become a victim of The Hood and his plans to victimise and vilify immigrants as a means to cement his power. Shang-Chi now searches for his sister alongside Kate Bishop, who is on a mission of revenge for the death of her family at the Hood's hands. They find another ...
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 ...
In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, a character named Xu Xialing (portrayed by Meng'er Zhang) appears. She is based on Zheng Bao Yui and has qualities similar to Sister Dagger 's. [ 3 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 5 ] She is portrayed as Shang-Chi 's sister who had run away from home to start her own undercity group.
These productions star various titular superheroes; they are independently produced by Marvel Studios and are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plots, settings, casts, and characters.
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]