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29 Aug, 7 tweets, 5 min read
In recent years, @awkwafina and @kumailn have already made names for themselves, and cracked the entertainment industry’s doors open for Asian American representation.

Now they’re taking another huge step in their careers: joining the MCU.

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What does the future hold now that they’re part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, helping usher in the most inclusive phase in Marvel history with back-to-back premieres of #ShangChi and The #Eternals?

The two actors sat down to talk about it:
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In “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Awkwafina plays Katy, a loyal best friend who gets to have some of her own stunt time on screen.

“She gets some action,” she says.

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Nanjiani stars as Kingo in “The Eternals,” an immortal hero moonlighting as a Bollywood star.

He said working with director Chloe Zhao allowed him to help craft a character different than “the way a lot of American pop culture see people from Pakistan.”

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Reaching this level of inclusivity in the MCU is something that didn’t seem possible when it began.

Now, the actors are grappling with both the honor and responsibility of representation.

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So how did the two celebrate when they found out they were going to become Marvel stars? They sort of… didn’t?

Awkwafina didn’t want to jinx it, and remembers thinking, “If I celebrate now, it’s meant to fail!”

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The day after the Hollywood premiere of “Shang-Chi,” the actors met up over video chat to trade notes on their career-shifting Marvel debuts.

Read more from writer @jenyamato’s conversation with @kumailn and @awkwafina about their Marvel debuts at latimes.com/entertainment-…

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