Awkwafina talks about new film 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' l GMA

The Golden Globe award-winning actress stars in the new Marvel movie alongside actor Simu Liu.
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[@MayLily]

Say what you will about Awkwafina, but she worked hard to put herself out there and pursued her dream, so good for her!

[@daddysmurf1560]

@@BoosterDuck9 I smell a troll

[@Chela_E]

@@BoosterDuck9 jelousy jelousy

[@thedude932]

@@daddysmurf1560 same lmao

[@chieftrice]

Yeah, being a racist cultural appropriator.

[@skategrindo]

@@chieftrice stfu literally everyone In New York talks like that no matter the skin color and who tf cares how people talk anyway?!?!

[@MJ18888]

Her voice is so recognisable! She is the water dragon!!

[@e3li4ya28]

This lady is just full of humor, she has been a minute on the show and all of them is laughing theor ass off- love her!!

[@hummersd]

The "Gina to Gina" joke makes me really want to see the movie! 😂 Amazing ascent for Awkwafina - what a career so far!

[@jennv2948]

Definitely worth seeing!

[@theedwardian8327]

its a great movie

[@tellmesomething2412]

I'm surprised the one about the mom joke got through, and to even have the extra acknowledge the conversation was good awkward comedy.

[@cezartb]

I am hoping to see a second time.

[@mml1426]

She’s clearly an introvert-extrovert and I love that lol

[@SAGEXX309]

Man wasn't expecting her to be so nervous lol she's seems so confident on film, Simu was sooo chill the day before.

[@SquidandCatAdventures]

She has that awkwardness but I'm not sure it's really nervousness. I find it endearing.

[@vikkki]

She’s always been nervous looking during live shows haha…it’s her natural awkwardness

[@loveobviously]

Can’t believe she blew up the way she did. I was following her on KZbin before anyone even knew who she was, now look at her. Good on yah

[@PSD748]

Did You See Her In Ocean’s 8 ?

[@YimidhiirWakaminPama]

I wish I did know her before she blew up. I like her personality and humour.

[@JLummin]

knew her way before her acting, was a good rapper, even cooler to share the same last name as her which made me wonder if theres any relation but I don't think so as that would be too good to be true

[@beedwarf]

@@JLummin X rated version of "My Vag" yeah, I remember that! 😇

[@chojiakimichi2587]

Awkwafina started with "My Vag", now she is at "Gina". Full circle, tearing up rn

[@tecamey]

Everyone laughs when Awkwafina is in the house. She is so funny.

[@PrincessQuince]

Awkwafina is THE actress and comedian of the last 5 years, and Shang-Chi was an amazing movie to see in 4D!

[@JLummin]

even way before she was a rapper

[@sarahlee3056]

Agree

[@LordAaronus]

can we just appreciate that she said 'gina in a Disney owned movie

[@mochi_ani]

iconic

[@duckymomo6675]

I love Awkwafina so much. She’s the best!

[@amexicaninkorea]

shes cringe

[@tha1ne]

@@amexicaninkorea nah she awesome

[@stevest8675]

She is awesome!

[@technoneko3718]

@@tha1ne She is so awesome. It's cool that she's friends with Sandra Oh and Michelle Yeon.

[@sarahlee3056]

She is hilarious

[@tofu_golem]

Her brand of humor is a perfect fit for the MCU. I need to see a scene between Katy and Darcy.

[@thiagovilla970]

RIGHT?!

[@drakeredwingofficial]

YES.

[@XChronicHash]

I like how she just plays herself in every film she’s in

[@justviasyl]

That's what I keep saying too!! Too good.

[@stephaniekao8831]

Awkwafina Is The Main Reason I Am Going To See!! she is So Funny, Cute and one of the Best actresses Ever!!

[@amexicaninkorea]

shes cringey

[@elladavis6401]

@@amexicaninkorea troll

[@seabuschan5677]

I feel bad for you for watching an MCU movie just because of awkwafina. I respect that but there's 25 MCU movies that are connected to 1 timeline and this is the 26th MCU movie.

[@riobird1642]

@@seabuschan5677 i think they said main reason not the only reason

[@shikhar.awasthi]

She was awesome in the movie. She made the character funny without being cringy!

[@bluerasperries1117]

She is super cool!

[@azul_trejo12]

I saw Shang-Chi in 4DX and IT WAS AMAZING!!! In my theatre they didn't used water but it was still amazing!

[@stevest8675]

Agree. Spectacular movie. 10/10

[@huonheng7292]

Love her ! she is my favourite ❤️Can’t wait for this movie 🍿

[@annasanta9103]

Awkwafina make the whole atmosphere enjoyable and entertaining, smart girl. I like her .

[@maxmburden]

OMG I LOVE AWKAFINA!!!!

[@helens3677]

I love George’s laugh 😂

[@ihuomaogbonna6994]

My favorite person.

[@Y0utub3me]

Shang Chi was fucking incredible. Instant top 5 MCU film for me, maybe top 3. LOVED IT!!

[@suprheet]

Dr Strange : I saw 14 million futures Me: I heard Awkwafina saying YA! YA! 14 million times

[@eldersun9877]

I LOVE HER 💖🤩

[@box8497]

She belonged in this movie!

[@a55tech]

where yall find 4DX theaters??

[@jasonmcconnell3503]

she does not want to be there lmao. or maybe she's just nervous. but i love her!

[@amexicaninkorea]

shes cringey

[@alvinmah6148]

She’s cool

[@stevest8675]

Spectacular movie! 10/10

[@MrLogic204]

Im not going to lie, when she screams on that bus scene, it just cuts right through me, i have to clear my own throat everytime I hear it. Solid actress though.

[@m.l.r9139]

She did her thing in Shang Chi... I was very impressed...

[@robin.jashinsky]

I LOVE MY GIRL AWKWAFINA! She's definitely my favorite person in the world. She makes me laugh when people make me feel like shit all the time....she makes every shitty day better.

[@robin.jashinsky]

@@BoosterDuck9 not her name, dummy. I like her as an actress...she's funny. How the hell am I racist for liking an actress because she's funny?

[@Chela_E]

@UCpy66kuAlsq7VFU5cNwUusQ shut the fock up shes from queens

[@stevest8675]

She is awesome!

[@cassieluv7869]

I really like her ❤ I hope she keeps soaring 🥂

[@tonyyoung3985]

Clip reminds me of a fiction writing class here in Honolulu. Asian Am. writer had a character named Kenji who wanted an Amerrican name: Andrew. So of course, the teacher asks "Why not Ken?" In truth, I'm sure the writer didn't think of it, but there's no reason to HAVE TO do that.

[@jrmarcus]

People shouldn't feel the need to change their names, but Ken is still a Japanese name.

[@damn8107]

As a asian must support💪

[@stevest8675]

Support!

[@philrm99]

Awesome movie.

[@POPDATA]

I love ha

[@RedMoonbow4921]

Akwafina becomes Kagome

[@sofiac6506]

She sounds like Scarlett Johansson

[@shakeemwinn3647]

What is she talking about? There were so many Asian heroes around during her youth. Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh. The list goes on and on. Big fan though.

[@sunnydaysddt2068]

Who else beside those four?

[@bigheadrhino]

Those aren’t Asian American. Imagine being a white American and you have to watch movies from France to see leads that look like you, or black and you have to watch movies from Nigeria.

[@shakeemwinn3647]

@@bigheadrhino I did watch movies from Nigeria and took pride in them because they were positive images of people who looked me. Sadly, that was the only thing really available at the time. A country is just a piece of land mass. That's it. However, the people who look like you represent a mirror to endless possibilities.

[@shakeemwinn3647]

@@sunnydaysddt2068 I don't have time to name them all but they are out there.

[@shakeemwinn3647]

@@bigheadrhino Hell. I'am African American. Half the people I see in western cinema who look like me are either from Britain, Canada or Nigeria but, that doesn't stop me from taking pride when I see them lighting up the screen

[@samuraifilmz]

Dope

[@rolandliggayu1070]

When the sequel for CRAZY RICH ASIAN II

[@estuardoruedas]

Awkwafina is so Funny 😂 in Shang Chi movie 🎥.

[@greenboyvlogs]

to go to sleep 🤣🤣🤣

[@kylekeller3398]

SISU!!! 🐉

[@jay4239]

Aqua fina…

[@jeebsunabia7972]

Someone needs to tell Strahan that WONG came first.

[@Valleyboi916]

She’s to funny!

[@businesspurchase2827]

妳抢不了我的风头，这点妳完全不用担忧。

[@easykillthe]

“the first movie about an asian superhero” lmao

[@thewatcher8573]

everyone like I wish I had a black panther, shang chi, wonder woman, etc growing up... where do you think these characters came from? decades and decades of comics lol didn't just show up today out of knowhere... lol I know there is something more special about finally having movies, but we can't forget these amazing characters and stories have been around for forever. people complaining that the mainstream didn't feed it to them when they could easily seek out the content with just the tiniest bit of effort.

[@veggiewillymass]

Not everyone has access to comic shops. It's one of the major flaws of the comic industry. Comics used to be sold in stores but when a lot of people have been growing up they're only available in one store cities away

[@sam1286]

Not everyone knew about these comics. I know me personally I vaguely knew of black panther, and had no idea what Shang-chi was until this year. The only poc comic I knew of was really static shock

[@thewatcher8573]

@@sam1286 thats what I'm saying though, its ok to not know, people shouldn't just be expected to know things, but people also shouldn't assume just because the don't know. For example I could say I wish I saw more girlled cheese sandwitches in movies, not enough love for them. I've never looked up grilled cheese sandwitch movies, I could either complain that I never see them, or I could look it up and possibly find a whole niche of grilled cheese sandwitch movies I never knew about. Thats the issue with today, people just take what they are fed, they don't do any of their own research and they think they're being so rightieous and groundbreaking, and they 're just oblivous. lol Not to devalue the importance of a movie like Shang Chi here, it is definitely an important milestone movie, in many ways. But some people go too far with it, get a little educated before you shout out your claims. Its just causeing more anger and division when you say something with the angle that your opinion and your view is fact and right when, no there are many views and there was also history before you and many things that you don't know. There are so many factors.

[@thewatcher8573]

@@veggiewillymass true unfortunately. but we do have easiest acces to look up anything you could think up in the entire world with the internet. Not everyone has acces to it either, but most do today. Especially the people that are usually claiming they are doing groundbreaking things for the first time, never even the thought to look up if it's been done before. again, this movie is breaking many boundaries, this is not to say those didn't happen, the true ones. Some people just act like the character never exhisted in any form, and not just for this movie for others as well.

[@nayjohnson4412]

@@thewatcher8573 I'm sorry but comparing "never seeing grilled cheese in a movie" to "never seeing enough asian representation" in media isn't comparable at all. People (asain people) in particular, are just happy to see quality representation of themselves

[@shantoreywilkins651]

#amazing #125th

[@javierbookshadowscontribut6223]

76th comment

[@marteenee88]

So she's no longer black?

[@agentxchannel6640]

WELCOME the Jar Jar Binks of Shang Chi...booo.

[@undertakerfanz8974]

I love Asian women

[@tha1ne]

u gay bro dont lie lmao

[@undertakerfanz8974]

@@tha1ne before you come to KZbin brush your teeth and take a bath I know your teeth are yellow

[@tha1ne]

@@undertakerfanz8974 bro ur teeth are sprm-stained, just come out already lol

[@majorlazor5058]

Should have asked about the blackcent controversy.

[@majorlazor5058]

@Alyssa Willie Im not an expert on her, so take my statement with a grain of salt. When I first knew of her she used to talk with what I suppose was a fake black American hood accent. I thought it was a character she was playing for comedy. Apparently she was actually talking this way all the time despite being from an affluent white community to Chinese immigrant parents. She has since dropped it in recent years. Well she did an interview where she said she wouldn't take roles that required an Asian accent because it was offensive to her. So she is being dragged for hypocrisy.

[@Acord718]

Drake does that too

[@outandaboutafterthestorm]

@@majorlazor5058 I really do wish she'll just respond to this controversy and apologize already. I know it is not a good look and I'm not trying to defend her. A lot of Asian-Americans kids (me included) grew up picking up our immigrant parents' accent, then when we get to high school and we get bullied for having a "weird accent", so we desperately try to adopt a different accent, mainly from TV. Trying not to sound like my parents was a constant struggle in my childhood. Now I don't speak in my parents' accent anymore, but whenever I try I sounded like I was making fun of them. I think Awkwafina adopted blaccent for the same reason, but it is a shame that she used it for fame. I really do wish Asian-American would stop appropriating black culture, they should just pick up a good old southern accent, it's embarrassing honestly.

[@majorlazor5058]

@@outandaboutafterthestorm I assumed as much. I personally understand that. Black American culture and white American culture are the two dominant cultures. If you want to adapt and avoid bullying you kind of have to pick between the two. The controversy is when she states doing an Asian accent is an issue for her, while for years she was doing an approximation of what she thinks black people sound like.

[@skeel77730]

@@outandaboutafterthestorm Nope never apologize because its never enough for these people.

[@mini9503]

Awkward-Fina

[@rickyclover9393]

Wheres her Blaccent?

[@Chela_E]

stop shes from queens

[@mest5621]

@@Chela_E white area

[@lucasware351]

@@mest5621 The concept of a "white area" in NYC is hilarious. Everything is a stop away AND she went to HS in the city, the same school that the likes of Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks, Michael Che did, who are also all from different boroughs.

[@Chela_E]

@@BoosterDuck9 ohh wow really is she ur neighbor?? if not stfu

[@maximusprime3459]

Shes famous now. Apparently she doesnt need it, especially since shes around other people who don't speak that way.

[@boxscorewatcher413]

Africans are super sensitive and hate this chick. They want her canceled.

[@laurenj6802]

Yes certain African Americans and they had a right to be upset. Cause they know thats not her and it comes of as offensive especially since she doesn't use it anymore. Now getting her cancelled that's extreme. But stop putting what you say "Africans" as a monolith. Wow that anti-blackness came out quick from you.

[@boxscorewatcher413]

@@laurenj6802 How can I be anti-black if my favorite color is black? I think you are just too woke hence the sensitivity. Africans gotta chill out more and relax. Enjoy life.

[@Chela_E]

then why are u here???

[@boxscorewatcher413]

@@Chela_E Since this is KZbin, I'm here to watch videos. I thought that was common sense.

[@Chela_E]

@@boxscorewatcher413 pfft dont watch her if u dont like her soo stupid

[@googlebanmetoomuch2601]

Nice. Blaccent this chick plays racist roles on screen and now sitting there talking like she's distinguished 😒

[@JC-qn2ml]

​@@mest5621 y'all act like "customer service voice" isn't a real thing. It's called code switching

[@toxicgossiptrainconductor]

Code Switching. She's from queens relax

[@duckymomo6675]

Leave her alone.

[@skeel77730]

Y'all are a new level of dumb. Black people be switching their accents too when talking to different people. I guess black people better not use "blaccent" cause it ain't their real accent. Rofl.

[@henrycogo3013]

Thank goodness this didn't turn into a Cultural Appropriation discussion where Awkwafina needs to pay reparations for her use of Blaccent [with one 'n'] to ascend in society as a "distinguished" individual. I guess Michael Strahan missed his opportunity on calling her out on her racist, offensive use of Blaccent in her roles. I always thought it was her release of My Vag that placed her career on the fast track.

[@somersfamily]

Lol I'll pass on this film and never even heard of her. When they said the name I thought a bottle of water was gonna walk out lol

[@GiorniVenibato]

.You sound dumb and ignorant.

[@maximusprime3459]

She could've been written out of the film and it wouldn't have made a difference.