A new Shang-Chi-focused art book spotlighted scrapped designs for the titular MCU hero.
While Cretton begins work onAvengers: The Kang Dynasty, the chatter surrounding aShang-Chisequel remains fervent.
Its a whole different genre and angle of representation, with the MCUs first titular Asian hero.
Its really exciting, especially with myself being Asian American.
Shang-Chi was created during the whole kung fu martial arts craze in the 1970s."
With that also comes a lot of challenges, because there isnt that anchor.
But for me, thats exciting.
But as the story develops, our ideas get refined."
Park also explored the concept of"having some elements of dragon tattoos wrapping around him."
It symbolizes good luck or good fortune.
The last detail Park mentioned about the costume was"the shoes.
They were very intentional.
I did sneakers in my design, although not those particular Jordans.
The ones I designed were nondescript sneakers.
But the Jordans were perfect.
Whenever were doing character designs, were creating a story.
It might not always be explicit, but its a story of who the character is.
When Shang-Chi puts on his costume, its a culmination of the story of the whole movie.
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And this is not the first time Marvel Studios has done this.
The same was made public forDavid Harbour’s Red GuardianandLetitia Wright’s newly-minted Black panther look.
The final movie suit is a fusion of both, sitting perfectly in the middle of two different sensibilities.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsis available to stream now onDisney+.
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