In Marvel Studios new martial arts and superhero fantasy movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Fala Chen plays 'Ying Li', the loving mother of 'Shang-Chi' and 'Xialing', sister to 'Ying Nan' and wife of Ten Rings leader 'Xu Wenwu'. Li is a graceful warrior and the guardian of the mystical village of Ta Lo and is empowered by the Great Protector dragon. She falls in love with the long-lived warlord Wenwu and leaves her home to have a family, and is subsequently murdered by one of his criminal world enemies, the Iron Gang. Her love and teachings live on through her children.
Monday, September 20, 2021
Fala Chen's Li costume from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on display...
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Andy Le's Death Dealer costume from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on display...
In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Andy Le plays the 'Death Dealer', Wenwu's silent masked assassin who also helped train the long-lived warlord's son and the other warriors of the shadowy Ten Rings organisation in the ways of the martial arts.
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Meng'er Zhang's Xialing costume from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on display...
In the new Marvel Studios film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, not only do we meet the martial arts superhero 'Shang-Chi', but we are also introduced to his estranged younger sister 'Xu Xialing' (played by Meng'er Zhang). In a patriarchal society that favours sons over daughters, she secretly trained in the shadows to become the equal of her brother and the warriors of the clandestine Ten Rings organisation run by her father 'Xu Wenwu'. Following the death of her mother and feeling abandoned by her father and brother, she fled to Macau as a teenager and set up her own underground fight club network at the Golden Daggers Club. Once reunited with her brother, she journeys to her murdered mother's birthplace, the mystical otherworldly village of Ta Lo, where her aunt presents her and her sibling outfits left to her by her mother 'Ying Li' and encourages her to use her fighting talents with a rope dart weapon.